Daisy AVANTI Elite 753 - Manual (Page 2)

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WARNING:
THIS GUN CAN CAUSE DEATH IF CARELESSLY USED OR MISUSED.
READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. DO NOT LOAD A PELLET INTO THE
CHAMBER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT. IF YOU DO LOAD A PELLET AND DECIDE NOT
TO SHOOT, REMOVE EITHER MANUALLY OR BY SHOOTING IT IN A SAFE DIRECTION. AN
UNCOCKED, UNLOADED GUN IS SAFEST. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN FAST, AND ACCIDENTALLY
INJURING OR KILLING SOMEONE IS A TERRIBLE THING. PLEASE SHOOT SAFELY.
ADJUSTABLE
STOCK
DOVETAIL
GROOVE
BOLT
HANDLE
FEED
TRACK BARREL
FRONT
SIGHT
MUZZLE
FOREARM
PUMPING
HANDLE
TRIGGER
NO. 1
TRIGGER
REAR
SIGHT
BARREL
WEIGHT
SLING
BRACKET
SLING
This safety alert symbol indicates important safety messages in this manual. When you see
this symbol, be alert to the possibility of personal injury and carefully read the message that
follows.
The Avanti Elite, model 753, Competition Pellet Rifle shoots with much more muzzle energy than
many BB and pellet guns. Use extreme caution when operating these guns. Although your new
Avanti Competition Air Rifle is not a firearm, it has lethal potential and should be treated with the
caution and respect due any conventional firearm. Like a firearm, your Avanti Competition Air Rifle,
when misused or carelessly used, can kill or seriously injure the shooter or other persons. Always
remember, the first and most important safety feature of any gun is the shooter. All safeties are
mechanical devices and the shooter is the only part of the system that can make a gun safe–or
unsafe. DON’T DEPEND ON MECHANICAL SAFETIES – think ahead and avoid situations that
might lead to accidents.
Guns differ in their operation, and you are never ready to fire any gun until you are thoroughly
familiar with it. Read the following operating instructions and, WITHOUT LOADING ANY PELLETS,
proceed through the operating steps, dry firing your gun several times at a safe target. This will