Winchester Repeating Arms 9410 Top Tang Safety (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 22)

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directly into the chamber with the magazine already
loaded it may be difficult or impossible to close the
action. You may need to remove the shell from the
chamber manually to allow the shell on the carrier to
move into position for chambering.
BEFORE LOADING, ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO
ALWAYS PLACE THE MANUAL HAMMER
STOP/SAFETY IN THE “ON” POSITION, AND
THE HAMMER INTO THE REBOUND POSITION.
CAUTION: ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE
CARTRIDGES ARE OF THE PROPER CALIBER
FOR YOUR SHOTGUN. CHECK THE
AMMUNITION DESIGNATION ON THE BARREL.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS INSTRUCTION
CAN RESULT IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO YOUR
GUN AND POSSIBLE SERIOUS INJURY TO
YOURSELF OR OTHERS.
U NLOADING P ROCEDURES
Fully unloading your shotgun for storage or in other
appropriate situations is essential to safe gun handling.
BEFORE UNLOADING, CHECK TO ASSURE
THAT THE MANUAL HAMMER STOP/SAFETY
IS IN THE “ON” POSITION (SAFE) BY MOVING
IT REARWARD WITH YOUR THUMB,
EXPOSING THE “S” IN FRONT OF THE
SAFETY LEVER. KEEP YOUR FINGER
AWAY FROM THE TRIGGER WHEN CYCLING
THE ACTION.
IMPORTANT:
1. With the gun pointed in a safe direction and your
finger off the trigger
, swing the finger lever downward
fully. This will extract any shell from the chamber and
eject it. Capture (or pick up) the shell and return the
finger lever fully upward.
2. Proceed to operate the finger lever in the same manner
transferring all the remaining cartridges from the
magazine to the chamber and then eject them out.
THROUGHOUT THE UNLOADING PROCESS
MAKE SURE THAT THE MANUAL HAMMER
STOP/SAFETY STAYS IN THE “ON” POSITION
AND THAT YOU KEEP YOUR FINGER AWAY
FROM THE TRIGGER AT ALL TIMES.
When shells no longer eject when you cycle the action,
further assure that no shells remain by opening the action
and visually checking the chamber and feed/magazine
mechanism to be sure no shells remain (Figure 14).
IMPORTANT: ALWAYS VISUALLY NOTE,
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