Winchester Repeating Arms 1886 (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 30)

5. WHEN FIRING IS COMPLETED OR WHEN
SHOOTING IS NO LONGER IMMINENT,
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE SAFETY
(MANUAL HAMMER STOP) TO THE “ON”
POSITION AND RETURN THE HAMMER TO
THE REBOUND POSITION.
IMPORTANT: UNDER NO CIRCUM-
STANCES SHOULD YOU MOVE ON OR
CONTINUE TO HUNT WITH YOUR HAMMER
OR SAFETY IN THE FIRE POSITION.
6.
At this point you will need to either refill the mag-
azine with loaded cartridges (if shooting is going to
continue), or fully unload your rifle (if shooting is
completed). Either way place the safety in the “on
safe” position and the hammer in the rebound posi-
tion.
IMPORTANT: ALWAYS KEEP YOUR MODEL
1886 SHOULDERED WHEN EJECTING AN
EMPTY CARTRIDGE CASE. Ejection is up and
slightly to the right. If you eject a cartridge with the
rifle lowered and the action directly in front of your
face, it is possible that the ejected cartridge could
strike the shooter in the face. Caution should be
taken
by the shooter and bystanders behind the
shooter. When an empty cartridge is correctly ejected
it will fall to the ground in an area behind and to the
right of the shooter.