Winchester Repeating Arms 1400 (Historic Manual) - Manual (Page 9)

1. Pull the cocking handle all the way
back, extracting and ejecting the shell
from the chamber.
2. Release the cocking handle allowing
the bolt to close. Repeat this operation
until the gun is empty. After the last
shell is ejected the breech bolt will
latch in the open position.
IMPORTANT — Always visually check
and know for sure that your gun is not
loaded, by viewing both the chamber
and the magazine through the open
action.
ALTERNATE WAY TO UNLOAD —
The shells can be removed from the
magazine first by:
1.
Place the safety in the “on”
position.
2. Turn the gun over so the trigger
guard is up, then push the carrier
down as far as it will go.
3. Push inward on the cartridge cutoff
(Figure 7“A’) on the right releasing the