Winchester Repeating Arms 9410 Top Tang Safety (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 25)

F IRING P ROCEDURES
IMPORTANT: WHEN YOU ARE PREPARING TO
SHOOT, IT IS ALWAYS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU
BE TOTALLY SURE OF YOUR TARGET.
ALWAYS BE AWARE OF ALL OBJECTS
BEHIND YOUR TARGET. KNOW THE EXACT
LOCATION OF PERSONS WITH YOU AND ANY
OTHERS IN YOUR VICINITY. PICK YOUR
TARGET WISELY AND CAREFULLY.
With a loaded shell in the chamber, the manual hammer
stop/safety in the “on” position, the hammer in the safety
(rebound) position and your finger off the trigger:
1. Firmly position your thumb on the hammer and draw
the hammer back to the full-cock position (Figure 17).
2. Place the manual hammer stop/safety in the “off”
position (Figure 18) by pushing it all the way forward.
YOUR SHOTGUN IS NOW READY TO FIRE.
3. Firmly shoulder your gun, take aim and when on target
pull the trigger smoothly, without jerking. After firing, let
the trigger return to the fully forward position.
SPECIAL NOTE ON TRIGGER PULL: When pulling
the trigger an initial “take-up” section can be felt. This
longer, initial pull is an added safety feature of your Model
9410. 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 shotgun.
T O CHAMBER ANOTHER ROUND FOR THE NEXT SHOT —
1. Swing the finger lever fully down extracting and
ejecting the fired shell case from the chamber.
2. Close the action by returning the finger lever upward.
The closing of the action will transfer a new shell from
the magazine to the chamber, leaving the hammer in a
cocked “ready to fire” position.
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Pushing the manual hammer
stop/safety
“off safe” with
your thumb
Cocking the hammer to fire
Top view
FIGURE 17
FIGURE 18
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