Winchester Repeating Arms 94 Top Tang Safety (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 21)

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94. It serves to drop an internal hammer block that is
positioned between the hammer and receiver. The
hammer block prevents the hammer from striking the
firing pin until you pull the trigger to fire the rifle.
T O CHAMBER ANOTHER ROUND FOR THE NEXT SHOT :
1. Swing the finger lever fully down, extracting and
ejecting the fired cartridge case from the chamber.
2. Close the action by returning the finger lever upward.
The closing of the action will transfer a new cartridge
from the magazine to the chamber, leaving the hammer
in a cocked “ready to fire” position.
3. WHEN THROUGH FIRING ALWAYS
IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE TOP-TANG SAFETY
IN THE “ON” POSITION (SEE FIGURE 15), AND
THE HAMMER IN THE SAFETY (REBOUND)
POSITION (REFER BACK TO FIGURE 6).
To fire additional cartridges from the magazine, simply
work the finger lever downward fully and return it to
the original upward position and repeat the firing
sequence again.
WHEN FIRING IS COMPLETED OR WHEN
SHOOTING IS NO LONGER IMMINENT,
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE MANUAL
HAMMER STOP/SAFETY TO THE “ON”
(SAFE) POSITION AND RETURN THE
HAMMER TO THE REBOUND POSITION.
IMPORTANT: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
SHOULD YOU MOVE ON OR CONTINUE TO
HUNT WITH YOUR HAMMER OR SAFETY IN
THE FIRE POSITION.
FIGURE 14
Pushing the hammer stop/safety to
the “off” position with your thumb
FIGURE 15
Push the hammer
stop/safety to the rear to
the “on” (safe) position
Top view
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