FIREARMS SAFETY At Charles Daly, we believe that safe firearms handling is the most important consideration of anyone who uses firearms and ammunition. Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read and understand this instruction manual, the NSSF “Firearms Safety Depends on You” pamphlet and the NSSF publication “Firearms Responsibility in the Home,” all included with this rifle. You should completely understand this manual before you practice loading, unloading and firing with live ammunition.
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS 1. Important warnings, which should be read and understood before using this firearm. SAFE GUN HANDLING IS YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL TIMES. Disregarding warnings in this manual may result in injury or death to you and others and damage to property. 2. Directions and procedures for handling loading, firing and unloading. 3. Instructions for care, cleaning repair and service of this rifle.
WARNING - LEAD EXPOSURE Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, cleaning firearms, or handling ammunition may result in exposure to lead and other substances that may cause birth defects, reproductive harm, and other serious physical injury. Have adequate ventilation at all times. Wash your hands thoroughly after exposure, shooting or cleaning guns may expose you to lead.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Water, snow, mud, excessive lubricating oil or grease or any other material can obstruct the barrel of your gun. Always check the barrel of your firearm for obstruction before loading and firing. Clean a fouled gun immediately to ensure its correct and safe function. Keep the gun’s muzzle pointed in a safe direction at all times. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at any part of your body, another person or at anything you do not intend to shoot.
16. Horseplay has no place around firearms. Guns can’t think - you can! 17. Remember, safety is your responsibility, be a safe shooter. 18. FOLLOW THE LAW: Obey all local, state and federal laws regarding storage, shooting and transporting your firearm. IMPORTANT WARNING The Charles Daly Sharps is a trustful replica of the 19th century 1874 Sharps rifle. Consequently, the safety devices on it are limited to the technological knowledge of the period.
INITIAL CLEANING WARNING: Read and understand all instructions and warnings in this manual BEFORE using this rifle. It is important to learn the parts of this rifle and their functions before using this firearm. Before handling this rifle or any other firearm, ALWAYS make sure the firearm is unloaded and pointed in a safe direction. Remove all excess factory lubricant from the parts with a quality gun solvent.
To position the hammer in the half-cock position, pull the hammer rearward slowly with your thumb while keeping your fingers out of the trigger area until you hear the first audible “click”. Release the hammer and the hammer is in the half-cock position. Locate the plunger pin and the lever hinge pin on the right side of the frame (Fig. 3). While pushing in on the plunger pin, rotate forward the arm of the lever hinge pin past the plunger pin and approximately 180 degrees from its original position (Fig.
SAFETY WARNING: Practice the procedure of placing the rifle on safe without ammunition in the chamber BEFORE attempting to load and fire the rifle. This firearm’s safety is a mechanical device. It can never replace safe gun handling. To place the rifle on safe, slowly pull the hammer rearward with your thumb while keeping your fingers out of the trigger area (Fig. 6) until you hear the first audible “click”.
LOADING AND FIRING WARNING: Read and understand all instructions and warnings in this manual BEFORE using this rifle. Practice the firing procedure without live ammunition, with a snap cap or spent shell case in the chamber until you understand this procedure. To load the rifle, first point the rifle downrange in a safe direction. Place the rifle on safe by placing the hammer in the half-cock position.
until the desired trigger pressure is obtained (Fig 10). ALWAYS ADJUST THE SET TRIGGERS WITH AN UNLOADED RIFLE! Use a snap cap or empty case in the chamber when adjusting, so the firing pin has something to contact when the rifle is fired. If more than 5 shots are required to adjust the triggers, use a different empty case. UNLOADING After firing, position the hammer to the on safe (half cock) position. Lower the lever and the spent round will be extracted from the chamber.
be moved to the right or left, depending which direction your rifle is shooting. Move the front sight in the direction you are shooting from point of aim. If you are shooting to the left, move the front sight to the left; if shooting right move the sight to the right. CLEANING WARNING: Be certain your rifle is unloaded BEFORE handling this or any firearm. Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Wear safety glasses while performing all cleaning procedures.
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