Browning 92 Owner's Manual

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include a complete line of shotguns,
high power rifles,
pistols in high power and small bore
calibers.

22

caliber rifles and

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New Gun Owner's Record

(Keep

this

mcord for

future

reference)

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Serial Number
Caliber
Purchase Price
Purchased From
Date of Purchase

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at the back of the booklet.

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finest in materials and craftsmanship, and with just rea­sonable care, this gun should provide you with many
years of pleasure and dependable service. If, by chance

you have any observations to make regarding its perfor­mance or appearance, we hope you will write us
immediately.

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you could take but a moment to complete and
return the market survey card found on the
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YOU

FOR

ARE

FIREARMS

RESPONSIBLE

SAFETY

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Please let us remind you that, as a gun owner, you
accept a set of responsibilities of the most demand­ing nature. How seriously you carry out these respon-

be

sibilities can

the difference between life and death.
Mistakes made with guns are final and cannot be
paid for with money or regret.

PLEASE READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE PROPER HANDLING AND
INSTRUCTION PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN
THIS BOOKLET BEFORE USING YOUR NEW
FIREARM.

There

is

no excuse for careless or abusive handling
of any firearm. At all times handle this rifle with
intense respect for its force and power.

Please read and practice the following cautions:

CAUTION

ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE OF YOUR

1.

RIFLE POINTED IN

even though you are certain the rifle is un-

loaded. Never point your rifle at anything you
do not intend to shoot. Be extremely alert
and aware of all persons and property within
the range of your ammunition.

A SAFE

DIRECTION

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WHENEVER YOU PICK UP YOUR RIFLE,

ALWAYS OPEN THE ACTION AND VISU­ALLY CHECK THE CHAMBER, RECEIVER
AND MAGAZINE to be certain they do not
contain any ammunition.

THIS RIFLE'S HALF COCK NOTCH

IS

SIMPLY A HAMMER POSITION THAT

KEEPS THE HAMMER OFF THE FIRING
PIN WHILE HUNTING OR DURING STOR­AGE.

You should never trust this hammer
position to function as a "safety." A strong
enough pull on the trigger can still cause the
hammer to fall. And the fact that the half
cock notch may frequently catch a hammer

that slips from your thumb while cocking

(providing the trigger

is

not depressed)
should not be taken as an assurance it will
be caught ALL the time.

No guarantee can be made that the half cock
notch will not at some time prevent the ham­mer from striking the firing pin. Like any

mechanical device it can sometimes fail; it
can sometimes be jarred or inadvertently
manipulated into an unsafe condition.

Safe gun handling does not stop with your
rifle's half cock notch. It starts there. It
merely an aid to safe gun handling and

is

no

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excuse for pointing the muzzle in an unsafe
direction. Always treat this rifle as though it
were loaded and ready to fire.

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR RIFLE'S HAMMER
IN THE HALF COCK POSITION AND YOUR
FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER

certain the rifle

is

unloaded. While you should

even

if

you are

never rely on the half cock notch to function
as a "safety," it
position for the hammer on the Browning
This is because the Browning

is

the preferred carrying

92,

92.

like its
nineteenth century counterpart has a full
length firing pin. With a cartridge in the
chamber and the hammer in the dropped
or fired position, one end of the firing pin
will be against the hammer and the other end
will be resting against the primer of the car­tridge. In this condition, a sudden jar to either
hammer or rifle could cause a discharge.

ALWAYS UNLOAD YOUR RIFLE WHEN
NOT IN USE.

end when your rifle

Your responsibilities do not

is

unattended. Store your
rifle and ammunition separately-beyond the
reach of children. Take all safeguards to
insure your gun does not become available

is

to untrained, inexperienced or unwelcome
hands.

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BEWARE OF BARREL OBSTRUCTIONS

the safety of both your rifle and yourself.

Before you load your rifle, open the action,

BE SURE NO

LIVE

ROUND

CHAMBER OR MAGAZINE-then

through the barrel to be sure it
any obstruction. Be careful how you carry
your rifle. Do not permit the
into mud, snow or water. Do not thrust your
barrel through a thicket with the possibility
of ramming a twig into the bore. An infinite

variety of objects may inadvertently lodge in
a barrel. It takes only a small obstruction to
dangerously increase pressures.

Before the first firing of your rifle, clean the
bore with a cleaning rod and patch. Wipe
away any anti-rust compounds in the
chamber areas.

DO NOT SNAP THE HAMMER ON AN

7*

EMPTY

NOT BE

CHAMBER-THE CHAMBER MAY

EMPTY!

Treat every gun with the
respect due a loaded gun-even though you
are certain the gun

8.

WHENEVER YOU
ANOTHER PERSON ALWAYS OPEN THE
ACTION.

Whenever you accept a gun from

is

unloaded.

HAND

YOUR RIFLE TO

another person, open the action

for

IS

IN THE

glance

is

clear of

muzzle to dip

action-

if

it isn't

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already open, and inspect the chamber
and magazine to be sure all live rounds
are cleared.

BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET.

Be sure no

persons, livestock, buildings or other objects
are behind or near your target. Be absolutely
sure of your target particularly during low
light periods.

BE SURE OF YOUR BACKSTOP.

Know the

range of your ammunition and be certain

there

is

no chance of damage or accident.

Never shoot at water or hard objects.

ALWAYS UNLOAD ANY GUN'S CHAMBER
AND MAGAZINE BEFORE CROSSING A
FENCE, CLIMBING A TREE, JUMPING A
DITCH

or negotiating other obstacles. Never
lean a loaded gun against a fence, tree, car
or other similar object.

FOR EYE AND

EAR

PROTECTION

we rec­mend that you always wear shooting glasses
and hearing protection when shooting.

AMMUNITION-Your

rifle must be used only

with cartridges of the correct caliber as

inscribed on the side of the barrel. The barrel
and action of this rifle have been made with
large safety margins over the pressures
developed by established commercial loads.

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Nevertheless, Browning, can assume no
responsibility for incidents which occur
through use of cartridges of non-standard
dimension or those developing pressures in
excess of

munition Manufacturers' Institute) estab-

lished standards.
There are two types of

commercially available. One loading is de­signed to be used in handguns and the other
in rifles. Apart from a faster burning propel­lant and
more efficiently at the lower handgun veloc­ities, the handgun load may also have a
primer that
load. This
handguns which normally have lower energy
firing systems. Rifle loadings have slower
burning propellants and bullets designed for
better performance at rifle velocities.

As

manufactured in accordance with
ommended standards, either load
able for use with your Browning

Because your Browning
magazine, particular attention must be paid

SAAMl (Sporting Arms and

44

Mag. ammunition

a

bullet which

is

is

to insure reliable ignition in

long as the ammunition you obtain

is

designed to perform

more sensitive than the rifle

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has a tubular

SAAMl

is

accept-

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Am-

is

rec-

to the configuration of the bullet jacket and

USE ONLY SOFT POINT BULLETS
WITH A BROAD, FLAT NOSE. ANY OTHER
MAY RESULT IN A SPONTANEOUS MAGA­ZINE EXPLOSION.

forces of recoil push the cartridges in the
magazine together with enough force that a
sharp pointed bullet indents the primer of the
cartridge in front of it. Since the magazine
tube is not strong enough to contain the sub­sequent explosion, the result
severely. damaged rifle and possible injury

to the shooter.

14.

IF

YOUR

A MALFUNCTION OF EITHER RIFLE OR
AMMUNITION

safe direction and hold this position for a

minimum of
action and remove the cartridge.
is indented, it should be disposed of in a way
that can not cause harm.

indented, your rifle should be examined by

a qualified gunsmith and the cause of the

malfunction should be corrected before fur­ther use.

BE DEFENSIVE. BE ON GUARD AGAINST

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UNSAFE GUN HANDLING AROUND YOUR­SELF AND OTHERS.

RIFLE

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This happens when the

FAILS

keep the muzzle pointed in a

seconds. Carefully open the

TO

FIRE

If

the primer

Don't be timid when

is

usually a

DUE

If

the primer

is

TO

not

it comes to gun safety.
other shooters violating the above safety
precautions, politely suggest safer handling
practices.

EDUCATE AND SUPERVISE.

16.

safety to all members of your family, espe­cially to children and non-shooters. Closely
supervise newcomers to the shooting sports.
Encourage enrollment in hunting-shooting
safety courses.

If

Stress firearms

you observe

In conventional gun terminology the position and
movement of gun parts are described as they occur
with the gun horizontal and in normal firing position;
i.e., the muzzle is forward or front; the butt stock is

rearward or rear; the trigger
neath; the sights are upward or on top. For general
nomenclature refer to Figure

Loading Port Magazine

Tube

'

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is

downward or under-

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SERIAL

The serial number of your rifle can be found on the
right side of the receiver.

CLEAN THE ANTI-RUST COMPOUND

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the barrel and the inside of the receiver with
a clean rag and light gun oil such as Brown-

ing Gun Oil or Browning Liquid Gunsmith.

THROUGHOUT THE LOADING PROCESS

2*

MAKE

IN A SAFE DIRECTION.

safety, you should never chamber a cartridge

until a shot

LOADING

3.

ING THE CARTRIDGES NOSE FIRST
THROUGH THE LOADING PORT

right side of the receiver (see
pacity of the magazine
cartridge may be placed in the chamber to

provide a total capacity of 12 rounds.
In the event you wish to carry all 12 rounds,

you must first insert 11 rounds into the mag-

azine tube and then cycle the action to cham-

ber a round. Immediately place the hammer

in the half cock position as described in the

NUMBER

CERTAIN THE RIFLE

is

imminent.

IS

ACCOMPLISHED BY INSERT-

is

IS

For maximum

fig.

11 rounds. Another

from

POINTED

on the

2). The ca-

"safety" section of this manual. The twelfth
round can now be inserted into the magazine

tube as before.

WITH A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, YOU

4.

NEED ONLY THUMB THE HAMMER BACK
TO ITS FULL COCK POSITION TO READY
THE RIFLE FOR FIRING.

the lever to place
leave the hammer in the full cock position.

a

Otherwise, cycling

round in the chamber will

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Schematic
and should not be used as a guide to assemble guns.

is

provided for parts identification only

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