Guns differ in their operations and you are never ready to fire any gun until you are thoroughly familiar with it. DON’T DEPEND ON MECHANICAL SAFETIES think ahead and avoid situations that might lead to accidents. All safeties are mechanical devices and the shooter is the only part of the system that can make a gun safe –or unsafe. Like a firearm, your PowerLine ® Air Rifle, when misused or carelessly used, can kill or seriously injure the shooter or other persons.Īlways remember, the first and most important safety aspect of any gun is the shooter. More power means greater chance of serious injury or death.Īlthough your new PowerLine ® Air Rifle is not a firearm, it has lethal potential and should be treated with the caution and respect due any conventional firearm. This air gun shoots with much more power than the traditional spring air BB gun. When you see this symbol, be alert to the possibility of personal injury and carefully read the message that follows. This safety alert symbol indicates important safety messages in this manual. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN FAST, AND ACCIDENTALLY INJURING OR KILLING SOMEONE IS A TERRIBLE THING. IF YOU DO LOAD A BB OR PELLET AND DECIDE NOT TO SHOOT, REMOVE EITHER MANUALLY OR BY SHOOTING IT IN A SAFE DIRECTION. DO NOT LOAD A BB OR PELLET INTO THE CHAMBER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT. READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. Take a quiz and get your “Take Aim at Safety” Certificate. Visit and read the shooting safety rules. Whether you’re target shooting or hunting, if you’re a guest on others’ land, you should leave it exactly as you found it.
Store guns so that they are inaccessible to untrained shooters and store ammunition separately from the gun. When you are finished shooting, put the trigger safety in the “on” position and unload the gun. Keeping guns unloaded when not in use is critical to the safety of you and others. Guns not in use should always be unloaded. Don’t allow the muzzle to come in contact with the ground. Never let anything obstruct the muzzle of a gun. Ammunition can ricochet off of water just like a skipped rock. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. You should safely lay the gun down or hand it to a companion while you climb or jump over anything. You can’t control the direction of the muzzle if you stumble or fall. Check behind and beyond your target to be certain you have a safe backstop and that no person or property could be endangered.Īnyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses.Īlso, all other persons should remain behind the shooter. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting.Ī loaded gun has no place in your home or other public place.Ĭheck your target and beyond your target. ALW AYS TREAT A GUN AS IF IT IS LOADED EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT ISN’T. Continue to treat the airgun as loaded and ready to fire. Any airgun can fail to feed for any number of reasons. Even if you have fired an airgun one or more times and no pellet or BB was expelled from the barrel, it does not mean that the magazine of the gun is empty of ammunition. Always check a gun to see if it is loaded when removed from storage or received from another person. Never take anyone’s word about whether or not a gun is loaded. You can never be positive that you were the last person to handle the gun. NEVER ALLOW THE MUZZLE TO POINT IN THE DIRECTION OF A PERSON. There are several safe “carries” depending on the situation. It does not store any personal data.Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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