SIG SAUER SIG522 Rifle - Manual (Page 12)

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3. firearms may be severely damaged and serious injury to the shooter or to others may
result from any condition causing excessive pressure inside the chamber or barrel during
firing. excessive pressure can be caused by obstructions in the barrel, propellant powder
overloads, the use of incorrect cartridges or defectively assembled cartridges. in addition,
the use of a dirty, corroded, or damaged cartridge can lead to a burst cartridge case and
consequent damage to the firearm and personal injury from the sudden escape of high-
pressure propellant gas within the firearm’s mechanism.
4. immediately stop shooting and check the barrel for a possible obstruction whenever:
• you have difficulty in, or feel unusual resistance in, chambering a cartridge;
• a cartridge misfires (does not go off);
• The mechanism fails to extract a fired cartridge case;
• unburned grains of propellant powder are discovered spilled in the mechanism;
• a shot sounds weak or abnormal. in such cases it is possible that a bullet is lodged
part way down the barrel. firing a subsequent bullet into the obstructed barrel can
wreck the firearm and cause serious injury to the shooter or to bystanders.
5. Bullets can become lodged in the barrel:
• if the cartridge has been improperly loaded without propellant powder, or if the
powder fails to ignite (ignition of the cartridge primer alone will push the bullet out of
the cartridge case, but usually does not generate sufficient energy to expel the bullet
completely from the barrel);
• if the bullet is not properly seated in the cartridge case. When such a cartridge is
extracted from the chamber without being fired, the bullet may be left behind in
the bore at the point where the rifling begins. Subsequent chambering of another
cartridge may push the first bullet further into the bore.
ammunition
1. use only high quality, original, factory-manufactured ammunition. do not use cartridges
that are dirty, wet, corroded, bent, or damaged. do not oil cartridges. do not spray aerosol-
type lubricants, preservative, or cleaners directly onto cartridges or where excess spray
may flow into contact with cartridges. lubricant or other foreign matter on cartridges can
cause potentially dangerous ammunition malfunctions. use only ammunition of the caliber
for which your firearm is chambered. The proper caliber is permanently engraved on your
firearm; never attempt to use ammunition of any other caliber.
2. The use of reloaded, “remanufactured” hand-loaded, or other non-standard ammunition
voids all warranties. reloading is a science and improperly loaded ammunition can be
extremely dangerous. Severe damage to the firearm and serious injury to the shooter or
to others may result. always use ammunition that complies with the industry performance
standards established by the Sporting arms and ammunition Manufacturers’ institute, inc. of
the united States (SaaMi) or ammunition manufactured to military specifications.
waRning – ammunition (caRtRidge) notice
Sig Sauer SPecifically diSclaiMS reSPonSiBiliTy for any daMage or inJury
WHaTSoeVer occurring in connecTion WiTH, or aS a reSulT of, THe uSe in any
Sig Sauer firearM of faulTy, non-STandard, “reManufacTured” Hand-loaded
(reloaded) aMMuniTion, or carTridgeS oTHer THan THoSe for WHicH THe firearM
WaS originally cHaMBered.