Manual

TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITH MAGAZINE)
Practice this important aspect of gun handling (with an unloaded rifle) until you
can perform each of the steps – described below – with skill and confidence. But
before loading the rifle, please read completely through this manual, and be cer-
tain the muzzle is pointing in a safe direction. Do not load the rifle until you are
ready to use it!
(The following procedure assumes a new rifle with the bolt out.)
1. Be certain the chamber is empty, the muzzle is pointing in a safe direction,
and keep your fingers off the trigger until you are actually ready to fire. (See
Rule 2, p. 46).
2. Remove the magazine from the rifle (See Figure 5, below).
Figure 5. The safety should be in the “Load-
Unload” position or the “Safe” position when
the magazine is being removed or inserted.
When the forward section of the magazine
latch is pushed in (pivoted upward), the maga-
zine is released. One way of removing the mag-
azine is to cradle the rifle in the left hand with
the palm under - but not against - the maga-
zine. Use the right forefinger to fully depress
the magazine latch and the magazine will drop
free. Another way (illustrated) is to deepress
the latch with the thumb and at the same time
grasp the magazine between the thumb and
forefinger and draw it out of the gun.
Removing Magazine
(Keep Safety “On”)
3. Position the safety selector in the “Load-Unload” position (see Figure 3, p. 10).
4. Make certain the bolt is ready to be inserted in the receiver. If there is any
doubt, see numbered paragraph 7, p. 23 (To Assemble the Bolt) in the
Reassembly section of this manual.
5. Depress the bolt-stop and insert the bolt into the receiver, closing the bolt han-
dle fully down.
6. Move the safety selector fully rearward to the “Safe” position. This will also lock
the bolt closed (see Figure 4, p. 10).
7. Load the magazine with the cartridges (see Figure 6, p. 14).
8. Insert magazine into the magazine well of the rifle with the bullet end of the
cartridges in the direction of the barrel muzzle. (The magazine cannot be seat-
ed if it is reversed.)
9. Assuming the rifle is now to be fired, move the safety selector to the “Load-
Unload” position.
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AMMUNITION (CARTRIDGES) NOTICE
WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE
OR INJURY WHATSOEVER OCCURRING IN CONNECTION WITH, OR
AS A RESULT OF, THE USE IN ANY RUGER FIREARMS OF FAULTY,
OR NON-STANDARD, OR “REMANUFACTURED” OR HAND-LOADED
(RELOADED) AMMUNITION, OR OF CARTRIDGES OTHER THAN THOSE FOR
WHICH THE FIREARM WAS ORIGINALLY CHAMBERED.