Traditions PURSUIT (Non-Accelerator Models) User Manual
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SAFETY RULES AND PRECAUTIONS
FOR FIRING AND USE OF YOUR
TRADITIONS FIREARM
W
ARNING!
Keep the safety engaged in the “Safe” position
until you are aimed at a proper target and have
decided to fire. Failure to do so could cause serious
injur
y or death.
W
ARNING!
Use the safety on this rifle, but don’t trust or rely on it
as a substitute for safe gun handling practices. The
safety is a mechanical device which could fail. Or
, by
mistake, you may think the safety is on when it is not.
Or the safety may become disengaged without your
knowledge. Or you could think your gun is unloaded
when it is loaded. Always follow the safe gun handling
rules and procedures in this manual, whether you
think the safety is on or off, and whether you think the
rifle is loaded or unloaded. Don’t pull the trigger when
the safety is engaged, or when it is positioned part
way between Safe and Fire. Don’t use or rely on the
safety lever to tr
y to “childproof
’ your rifle or keep it
safe from untrained persons - instead, your rifle
should be unloaded and securely locked up, out of
access of children and other unauthorized users.
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W
ARNING!
Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger
guard until you are aimed at a proper target and have
decided to fire. Failure to do so could cause serious
injur
y or death.
W
ARNING!
Keep hands, fingers and other body parts from
touching the muzzle, barrel or chamber after firing, as
they could be burned by hot metal.
W
ARNING!
If dropped or struck, whether the safety is “on” or
“off
’, the rifle may fire, causing serious injur
y or death.
Keep the rifle unprimed (without a 209 primer in the
breech) unless actually firing! Keep the safety “on”
unless actually firing! When carr
ying or handling the
rifle, keep it pointed in a safe direction, and carr
y it in
such a way that you can safely control the direction in
which the rifle points even if you should slip, stumble
or fall.
W
ARNING!
Children are attracted to, and can find, load and
operate firearms, causing serious injur
y or death to
themselves and others. Prevent child access by always
keeping guns locked away and unloaded when not in
use. If you leave a gun loaded or unloaded where a
child obtains and improperly uses it, you may be fined
or sent to prison or both.
Never transport or carr
y a loaded firearm in a vehicle
or other
wise. Always transport or carr
y your rifle
unloaded, with the safety engaged and the action
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