MECHANICS: CLOSING THE ACTION-FAMILIARIZATION
1)
With the firearm pointed in a safe direction, fingers away from the trigger, and the action open, verify the
manual firing pin selector, the
primary safety
, is in Position 2, the safe position.
2)
Grasp the forend and with a firm and swift upward motion, close the action.
Repeat the steps of opening and closing the action
without placing a round in the chamber
until you un-
derstand the mechanics and are completely comfortable with the operation. At no time have a live round in
the chamber. A key understanding is the activation of the secondary safety which is engaged upon
opening
,
not closing of the action. This is very important to understand. The secondary safety adds an additional safe-
ty mechanism, the hammer block, upon
opening
the action.
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