Winchester Repeating Arms 9410 Top Tang Safety (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 20)

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difficult to close the action. Make sure all surfaces are
clean if any unusual resistance is felt. However, remember
that this is a finely fitted action purposely made with
tight fitting tolerances. This assures your gun of good
part-to-part fit for many years to come and is the sign of a
finely crafted firearm.
L OADING P ROCEDURES
USE THE CORRECT AMMUNITION AS
INDICATED BY THE INSCRIPTION ON THE
BARREL. AS EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY,
BEFORE LOADING YOUR SHOTGUN MAKE
SURE ALL GREASE AND OIL HAS BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE BARREL AND
CHAMBER, AND THERE ARE NO
OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE BARREL OR
ACTION AREAS.
L OADING THE CHAMBER —
The chamber may be loaded two ways:
(1) Load the chamber by placing a shell directly into the
chamber through the opened action (Figure 10), or
(2) Load the chamber by transferring a shell that was
previously loaded into the magazine (Figure 11) to the
chamber by operating the finger lever.
When loading the chamber directly, the magazine should
be empty. You must be careful to insert the end of the
shell partially into the chamber before operating the
finger lever to close the action. If a shell does not
chamber completely when you close the action you
should eject it and inspect it. The problem may be caused
by the crimp and you can simply try again to chamber it.
Working the
finger lever
Loading a
shell from
the magazine
FIGURE 11
Loading directly into the
chamber
FIGURE 10
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