User's Guide

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Instructions for
muzzle loading firearms use
Precaution:
• ONLY USE BLACK POWDER OR APPROPRIATE BLACK POWDER
SUBSTITUTE
• On our firearms on the barrel it is clearly marked “BLACK POWDER ONLY”. Do not use
powder different than BLACK POWDER OR APPROPRIATE BLACK POWDER
SUBSTITUTE
• Pay attention to keep the powder away from fire or heating sources and don’t use boxes that
can produce an electrostatic charge.
• Don’t smoke while using black powder
• Black powder lays corrosive residues, so it’s necessary to wash, clean and then oil
particularly, all parts in contact with black powder
• In the next pages you’ll find a chart with the correct powder loads to use. It’s very important
to use only quality powder and recommended loads to avoid high pressures that may cause
the explosion of the barrel.
• ALWAYS wear shooting glasses to protect your eyes from debris.
• ALWAYS use hearing protection to prevent loss hearing.
• In case of misfire, keep the firearms in shoot direction for several minutes; it could be a
delayed shot.
• NEVER dry fire the gun, you may damage to the shooting mechanism.
• Before shooting, correctly shoulder the gun laying the butt plate firmly against your
shoulder.
• Don’t put the powder in the barrel directly from the flask, use appropriate plastic bottle,
prepared with the right loading dose.
• Use extreme caution and care during loading to prevent a double charge of powder or
bullet, which may cause the barrel to explode and cause serious injury or death to you or
bystanders.
Percussion Firearms loading:
• Before loading ALWAYS check that the barrel is free of obstruction.
• Remove any oil and grease residue with rod and dry patch before shooting.
• After cleaning barrel with brush, keep the firearms in safety shoot direction and make 2
shots only with caps so you can verify that the nipples is free of obstructions and dry the
barrel from possible oil residues.
• Put a patch or a piece of rubber on the floor so you won’t damage your firearm when you
lean it on the ground during loading operation. If you have a pistol put it on a loading
board.
• Keep the hammer down before start loading. Keep the firearm with the barrel in upper
direction and fill in the black powder previously prepared in appropriate plastic bottles with
the right dose (for the right doses look at the next chart). During this operation pay
attention don’t keep your head or part of your body over the muzzle of the barrel, a sudden
burst may seriously injure you.
• Load the black powder using appropriate brass funnel to allow the powder enter easily
without sticking along the barrel surface.