Winchester Repeating Arms 94 Top Tang Safety (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 17)

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made with tight fitting tolerances. This assures your gun
of good part-to-part fit for many years to come and is the
sign of a finely crafted firearm.
L OADING P ROCEDURES
USE THE CORRECT AMMUNITION AS
INDICATED BY THE INSCRIPTION ON THE
BARREL. AS EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY,
BEFORE LOADING YOUR RIFLE MAKE SURE
ALL GREASE AND OIL HAS BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE BARREL AND CHAMBER, AND
THERE ARE NO OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE
BARREL OR ACTION AREAS.
L OADING THE CHAMBER :
The chamber may be loaded two ways:
(1) Load the chamber by placing a cartridge directly into
the chamber through the opened action (Figure 8), or
(2) Load the chamber by transferring a cartridge that was
previously loaded into the magazine (Figure 9) to the
chamber by operating the finger lever.
IN EITHER CASE, ALWAYS FIRST PLACE
THE MANUAL HAMMER STOP/SAFETY IN
THE "ON" POSITION, AND THEN PLACE
THE HAMMER INTO THE SAFETY (REBOUND)
POSITION UPON CLOSING THE ACTION.
L OADING THE MAGAZINE :
The magazine is loaded through the port on the right side
of the receiver.
1. With the action closed and the manual hammer
stop/safety in the “on” position and the hammer in the
rebound position, press the spring cover inward with the
FIGURE 8
Loading directly into the
chamber
FIGURE 9
Working the
finger lever
Loading a
cartridge from
the magazine
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