Winchester Repeating Arms 70 (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 18)

1. Place the safety in the intermediate position.
2. With the rifle pointed in a safe direction and your fin-
ger off the trigger, operate the action (See Figure 15),
extracting and ejecting each loaded round from the cham-
ber. Work the action very slowly in order to easily capture
the loaded cartridges with your free hand as they are
ejected. Do not eject them onto the ground. This risks
damaging them and affecting accuracy.
IMPORTANT— ALWAYS VISUALLY CHECK
AND KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOUR RIFLE IS
NOT LOADED. DO THIS BY LOOKING DIRECTLY
INTO THE CHAMBER AND MAGAZINE WITH
THE ACTION OPEN AND BOLT FULLY TO THE
REAR.
F IRING P ROCEDURES
1. When ready to shoot, and with a loaded cartridge in
the chamber, the safety on, and your finger off the trigger,
push the safety fully forward. Your rifle is now ready to fire
with a pull of the trigger.
REMEMBER, THE RECOIL FROM A
CENTERFIRE RIFLE, ESPECIALLY MAGNUM
CALIBERS, WILL BE SOMEWHAT HEAVIER
THAN MOST OTHER GUNS, SO FIRMLY
SHOULDER YOUR GUN, TAKE AIM, AND —
WHEN ON TARGET — SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER.
2. Pull the bolt handle up and fully rearward until the
fired cartridge is ejected.
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FIGURE 15 Place the safety in
intermediate position.
Open action.