Owner’s Manual RAS47 SEMI-AUTO RIFLE Cal. 7.62X39MM 100% AMERICAN MADE! Congratulations on your purchase of the 100% American Made RAS47 Semi-Automatic Rifle. With proper care and handling, it will give you many years of long, reliable service. The RAS47 is chambered for the 7.62x39mm cartridge.
IMPORTANT SAFETY MESSAGE Children are attracted to and can operate firearms which can cause severe injuries or death. Prevent child access by always keeping gun locked, unloaded and separated from ammunition when not in use. If you keep a loaded firearm where a child obtains and improperly uses it, you may be fined or sent to prison. Firearm Safety Depends on You A gun is only as safe as the person operating it. You can never be overly careful when handling a firearm.
visually check the chamber and magazine to ensure they do not contain ammunition. Always keep the gun’s action open when not in use. Never assume a gun is unloaded - even if you were the last person to use it. Never cross a fence, climb a tree, wade through a stream or perform any awkward movement with a loaded gun. Never lean or place a firearm where it could fall. When in doubt, unload your gun! Never pull or push a loaded firearm toward yourself or another person.
Commandment #6 If Your Gun Fails to Fire When the Trigger Is Pulled, Handle With Care If a cartridge or shell does not fire when the trigger is pulled, follow Commandment #1 and keep the firearm’s muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Keep the muzzle down range with the action closed and wait at least 30 seconds (to ensure that the ammunition is not delayed in firing) before carefully opening the action, unloading the firearm and safely disposing of the ammunition.
should never handle any firearm until you become familiar with the safe handling, loading, unloading and carrying procedures for that particular firearm, as well as the rules for safe gun handling in general. LEAD WARNING! Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, cleaning firearms or handling ammunition may result in exposure to lead and other substances known to cause birth defects, reproductive harm and other serious injuries. Have adequate ventilation at all times when shooting.
Illustration #1 Diagram showing major operational parts of the RAS47 Rifle Study of this picture will aid you in understanding the instructions in this booklet. 2 3 5 4 6 7 9 8 10 1 12 8 11 15 14 18 17 1. Buttstock 2. Recoil spring cam 3. Safety lever 4. Receiver 5. Charging handle 16 13 6. Rear sight 7. Gas tube lock arm 8. Upper & lower handguards 9. Front sight 10. Compensator detent 16. Triggerguard 11. Compensator 17. Pistol grip 12. Barrel 18. Rear sling attachment 13.
Bolt Charging Handle: Located on the right hand side of the firearm. It protrudes from the bolt and is used for pulling the bolt rearward. (See Illustration #4.) Illustration #4 Bolt cocking handle. To Load the Rifle WARNING! Before loading, make sure the inside of the barrel is free of dirt or other obstructions. We recommend passing a cleaning rod with brush attached down the bore before shooting.
Illustration #6 Illustration #5 Illustration #7 6. Pull back the bolt cocking handle to its fully-rearward position and release. As it moves rapidly forward under spring pressure, the bolt will strip a round from the magazine and insert it into the chamber. (See Illustration #7.) The rifle is now loaded and ready to fire. 7. Place the rifle back on “SAFE.” (See Illustration #2.) Round being stripped from magazine.
WARNING! Always unload your rifle immediately after use and prior to cleaning and storage to minimize the risk of an accidental discharge. If your rifle ever fails to fire keep it pointed at the target for at least 30 seconds in the event of a hangfire (slow ignition). If the round still does not fire, remove the magazine, eject and discard the bad round. Reload the rifle to resume firing. Unloading the Rifle WARNING! Keep muzzle pointed in a safe direction. 1. Move the safety lever to the "SAFE" position.
Field Stripping WARNING! Before beginning the disassembly process, check to ensure the rifle is not loaded. To do so, follow the procedures detailed in the Unloading the Rifle section on page 9. WARNING! Wear eye protection, such as shooting glasses or goggles, when disassembling your firearm to protect your eyes from tensioned parts, such as springs that could be dislodged during disassembly. 1. Remove the magazine from the rifle.
Illustration #12 Illustration #13 Reassembly 1. To reinstall the bolt in the bolt carrier, start by holding the bolt carrier in your primary hand with the piston pointed towards the sky and the cocking handle pointing to the left. Use your support hand to drop the bolt into the large hole in the bolt carrier and allow gravity to be your friend. With the bolt at the bottom of the carrier, rotate the bolt clockwise until the bolt cam enters the bolt carrier cam track.
4. Install the recoil spring assembly on the rifle by holding the forward portion of the receiver with one hand, and with your other hand, insert the recoil spring retainer into the bolt carrier channel. Move the recoil spring cam forward, placing its guide lugs in front of the grooves in the receiver rear plate. Depress the recoil spring cam until its guide lugs are aligned with the channel on the top of the receiver rear plate.
6. Repeat this process with the brush and cleaning patches until a final patch comes out clean after swabbing the bore. Lightly oil the bore. 7. Remove shooting residue from the rifle's action parts and outer surfaces by wiping them with a soft cloth dabbed in gun cleaning solvent. Then be sure to remove all excess solvent and dry them. 8. Finally, wipe down all outer surfaces with a soft cloth dipped in a good quality gun oil. WARNING! There may be sharp edges on parts of the firearm.
Warning Concerning Alterations and Aftermarket Parts! Altering or modifying parts and/or internal safeties is dangerous and will void the warranty. This firearm was manufactured to perform properly with the original parts as designed. It is your duty to make sure any parts you buy are made for this firearm and are installed correctly and that neither the replacements nor originals are altered or changed.
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RAS47 SemiAuto Rifle, Cal. 7.62x39MM Manufactured by: Century Arms 236 Bryce Boulevard, Fairfax, VT 05454 www.centuryarms.com Sales: 1.800.527.1252 - 1.561.265.4530 Entire Contents © 2014 Century Arms All rights reserved.
