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 scaled down 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.
The rear peep sight is adjustable for elevation by loosening the eye piece (counter clockwise) and moving the eye piece up or down. After the correct height is obtained, tighten the eye piece securely (clockwise). Raising the eye piece will raise the point of impact and lowering the eye piece will lower the point of impact from the aim point. Windage adjustments should be made with the front sight by moving the sight in the dovetail.
Follow the DISASSEMBLE instructions in this manual to remove the lever and breech block assembly. Clean the barrel bore with a quality gun solvent using a brass bristle brush and patches appropriate to your rifle’s caliber. After cleaning the bore with solvent, continue to run clean dry patches through the bore until the patches come out clean and dry. Apply a light coat of oil to the bore if the gun will be stored for a long period of time. Remember to remove the oil with patches before shooting.
firearm. Remove any accessories. Please package the gun securely (be certain gun parts cannot shift during shipment) in a suitable shipping container. Include with your firearm a clear description of the problem and service you wish us to perform. Please give us a clear ship-to address, (no P.O. Box numbers) your daytime phone number and if possible a fax number and email address. Please place your correspondence inside the package.
the unconditional right to inspect any firearm before making any repairs or adjustments under this warranty. Under no circumstance shall Charles Daly be liable for consequential or incidental damages or injury. Some states do not allow the exclusion of consequential or incidental damages so the above limitation may not apply to you. To order parts call us at 1-866-DALY-SVC (1-866-325-9782) or you may fax your order.
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PART NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 16 DESCRIPTION Stock Forend Barrel Butt Plate Butt Plate Screws Barrel Lug Lever Spring Spring or Plate Screws Forend Screws Forend Screw Washers Side Plate Screws Rear Tang Screw Front Tang Screw Firing Pin Pusher Firing Pin Firing Pin Spring Breech Lock Extractor Link to Breech Block Screw Link to Lever Screw PART NO.
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