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2. The use of reloaded, "remanufactured," hand-
loaded or other non-standard ammunition
voids all warranties. Reloading is a science
and improperly loaded ammunition can be
extremely dangerous. Severe damage to the
firearm and serious injury to the shooter or to
others may result. Always use ammunition
that complies with the industry performance
standards established by the Sporting Arms
and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, Inc.
of the United States (SAAMI). For best results,
we recommend the use of jacketed round
nose "BALL" ammunition.
3. Firearms may be severely damaged, and
serious injury to the shooter or others may
result from any condition causing excessive
pressure inside the chamber or barrel during
firing. Excessive pressure can be caused by
obstruction in the barrel, propellant powder
overloads, or by the use of incorrect or
defectively assembled cartridges. In addition,
the use of a dirty, corroded or damaged
cartridge can lead to a burst cartridge case
and consequent damage to the firearm and
personal injury from the sudden escape of
high-pressure propellant gas within the
firearm's mechanism.
4. Immediately stop shooting and check the
barrel for a possible obstruction whenever:
- You have difficulty in, or feel unusual
resistance in chambering a cartridge, or
- A cartridge misfires (does not go off), or
- The mechanism fails to extract a fired
cartridge case, or
- Unburned grains of propellant powder are
discovered spilled in the mechanism, or
- A shot sounds weak or abnormal.
- In such cases it is possible that a bullet is
lodged part way down the barrel. Firing a
subsequent bullet into the obstructed barrel
can damage the firearm and cause serious
injury to the shooter or bystanders.
5. Bullets can become lodged in the barrel:
- If the cartridge has been improperly loaded
without propellant powder, or if the powder
fails to ignite. (Ignition of the cartridge primer
alone will push the bullet out of the cartridge
case, but usually does not generate sufficient
energy to expel the bullet completely from the
barrel), or
- If the bullet is not properly seated tightly in the
cartridge case. When such a cartridge is
extracted from the chamber without being
fired, the bullet may be left behind in the bore
at the point where the rifling begins.
Subsequent chambering of another cartridge
may push the first bullet further into the bore.
6. If there is any reason to suspect that a bullet is
obstructing the barrel, immediately unload the
firearm and look through the bore. It is not