Winchester Repeating Arms 94 Top Tang Safety (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 14)

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I MPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RIFLE ' S SAFETY
MECHANISMS :
It is important that the breech be fully closed before your
rifle is fired. To help assure that this is always the case,
your Model 94 has a trigger stop mechanism. To fire your
rifle it is necessary for the finger lever to depress the
trigger stop (Figure 6). The trigger stop is not a safety. It is
simply an interlock to assure that the breech is fully closed
before a shell can be discharged. Never rely on the trigger
stop to prevent accidental discharge.
When wearing gloves, a portion of the glove may get
between the lever and the lower tang preventing the lever
from depressing the trigger stop — making it necessary to
squeeze upward on the finger lever.
Remember, never rely totally on your firearm’s
mechanical “safety” devices.
As is true with other firearms, when the safety mechanism
on this rifle is engaged, it is designed to prevent accidental
discharge. However, this mechanism will not necessarily
prevent the accidental discharge of this firearm as a
result of jarring or abuse such as occurs when a firearm
is dropped.
Always assume that your gun can be fired at any time,
even with all safety mechanisms engaged.
Whenever you are not actually firing your rifle always be
certain that your gun is pointed in a safe direction.
Trigger Stop
Finger Lever
FIGURE 5B
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 5A Firmly hold the
hammer back
Remove your finger
from the trigger and
lower the hammer to
the rebound position
Be extremely careful!
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