Daisy AVANTI Medalist 888 - Manual (Page 3)

REAR SIGHT
FRONT SIGHT
MUZZLE
SLING BRACKET
SLING
FIGURE NO. 1
TRIGGER
SAFETY
STOCK
FOREARM
CO2 BOTTLE
(CYLINDER)
TRIGGER
BOLT HANDLE
BARREL WEIGHT
PISTOL GRIP
FEED TRACK
This safety alert symbol indicates important safety messages in this manual. When you see
this symbol, be alert to the possibility of personal injury and carefully read the message that
follows.
The Avanti Models 887 and 888, Competition Pellet Rifles shoot with much more muzzle energy
than many BB and pellet guns. Use extreme caution when operating these guns. Although your
new Avanti Competition Air Rifle is not a firearm, it has lethal potential and should be treated with
the caution and respect due any conventional firearm. Like a firearm, your Avanti Competition Air
Rifle, when misused or carelessly used, can kill or seriously injure the shooter or other persons.
Always remember, the first and most important safety feature of any gun is the shooter. All safeties
are mechanical devices and the shooter is the only part of the system that can make a gun safe–or
unsafe. DON’T DEPEND ON MECHANICAL SAFETIES – think ahead and avoid situations that
might lead to accidents.
Guns differ in their operation, and you are never ready to fire any gun until you are thoroughly
familiar with it. Read the following operating instructions and, WITHOUT LOADING ANY PELLETS,
proceed through the operating steps, dry firing your gun several times at a safe target. This will
enable you to learn to operate this Competition Air Rifle properly and safely.
HOW TO OPERATE:
WARNING:
BE SURE GUN IS ALWAYS POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION.
WARNING:
THIS GUN CAN CAUSE DEATH. READ AND FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. DO NOT LOAD A PELLET INTO THE CHAMBER UNTIL YOU ARE
READY TO SHOOT. IF YOU DO LOAD A PELLET AND DECIDE NOT TO SHOOT, REMOVE IT
EITHER MANUALLY OR BY SHOOTING IT IN A SAFE DIRECTION. AN UNCOCKED, UNLOADED
GUN IS SAFEST. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN FAST, AND ACCIDENTALLY INJURING OR KILLING
SOMEONE IS A TERRIBLE THING. PLEASE SHOOT SAFELY.
NOTE: Models 887 and 888 are identical except for Stock and Sights.
MODEL 887 SHOWN
RIGHT SIDE
LEFT SIDE
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