browning bss User Guide

New Gun Owner’s Record

(Keep this record for future reference)

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Serial

Model

Number

Gauge

Purchase

Price

Purchased From

Date of Purchase

Please fill out and mail the Market

Survey

Card

at the back of the booklet.

We are proud that you have chosen a Browning. In its

manufacture, we have endeavored to incorporate the very

in materials

finest able care, pleasure and dependable service. observations ance, we hope you will write us immediately.

We would also like to know more about you as a Browning owner and would be grateful if you could take but a moment to complete and

return the market back cover

Thank you.

Distributed in

and craftsmanship, and with just reason

this

gun should provide you with many years of

to make regarding

survey

card found on the inside

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by chance you have any

its

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YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE

FOR FIREARMS SAFEIY

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 responsibilities can be 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

INSTRUCTlON

THlS

BOOKLET BEFORE USING YOUR NEW

FIREARM.

There is no excuse for careless or abusive handling of any firearm. At all times handle this shotgun with

intense respect for its force and power.

Please read and practice the following cautions:

CAUTION

THE PROPER HANDLING AND

PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN

ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE OF YOUR SHOTGUN POINTED IN A SAFE TION even though you are certain the shot-

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

DIREC-

NEVER TRUST YOUR SHOTGUN’S ME- CHANICAL

“safety,” mechanism, sear block mechanism, hammer block mechanism or firing pin block mechanism. These are mechanical devices

that place your gun in a SAFER status. No

guarantee can be made that the gun will not fire even if the “safety” is in the “on safe” position.

Like any mechanical device a safety can

sometimes fail; it can be jarred or inadvertently manipulated into an unsafe condition. Mechanical “safeties” merely aid safe gun

handling and are no excuse for pointing your

shotgun’s muzzle in an unsafe direction. While it is a good idea to “test” your shot-

gun’s mechanical

proper function, NEVER test it while your

shotgun is loaded or pointed in an unsafe

direction.

Safe gun handling does not stop with your

gun’s mechanical “safety” device. It starts

there. Always treat this shotgun with the

spect

due a loaded,

“SAFETY”

describes a gun’s trigger block

DEVICE. The

“safety” periodically for

ready-to-fire

word,

firearm.

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ALWAYS VISUALLY CHECK YOUR SHOT-

GUN to be certain that it does not

tently

contain any ammunition. Keep the

safety in the “on safe” position.

GLANCE THROUGH EACH BARREL EVERY

TIME YOU LOAD

gun and yourself. Mud, snow, and an infinite variety of other objects may inadvertently lodge in a barrel bore. It takes only one small

obstruction to ruin (swell or rupture) the finest

of shotgun barrels.

ALWAYS UNLOAD YOUR SHOTGUN WHEN

NOT IN USE. As a safety precaution it is

preferable to disassemble your gun for stor-

age. Store your gun and ammunition rately-beyond the reach of children.

DO NOT PUT A 20 GAUGE SHELL IN A

12 GAUGE GUN. We strongly recommend

that all shells of different gauges be stored in

completely separate and well-marked con-

tainers. NEVER store shells of mixed gauges

in a common container or in your pockets.

EXAMINE EVERY SHELL YOU PUT IN YOUR

or rupture a barrel is to drop a 20 gauge shell

GUN!

for the safety of both your

The most certain way to bulge

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sepa-

into a shell, unfortunately, will not fall through the barrel; its rim is caught by front of a 12 gauge chamber. Your gun

misfire, and under conditions of

made lethal by haste, a 12 gauge shell be loaded behind the 20. You could not erately have created a more serious to your gun and yourself.

DO NOT SNAP THE HAMMER ON A

EMPTY CHAMBER-THE CHAMBER MAY NOT BE EMPTY! Treat every gun with

respect due a loaded gun-even though are certain the gun is unloaded.

KEEP YOUR FINGER AWAY FROM THE

TRIGGER while unloading. BE SURE OF YOUR BACKSTOP. Know

range of your shotshells and be certain is no chance of damage or accident. Never

shoot at water or hard objects. Handle your shotgun, at all times with deep respect alert consideration to all within its range.

DO NOT CARRY YOUR SHOTGUN

10.

A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER. We

mend you do not chamber a round until immediately before it is to be fired.

gauge chamber. The 20

gauge

completely

the

will

carelessness

can

delib-

hazard

the

you

the

there

and

WITH

recom-

ALWAYS UNLOAD ANY GUN’S CHAMBER

11.

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.

BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET. Be sure no

12.

persons, livestock, buildings or other objects are behind or near your target. Be absolutely

sure of your target particularly during low light periods.

FOR EYE AND EAR PROTECTION we recom-

13.

mend that you always wear shooting glasses and hearing protection when shooting.

BE DEFENSIVE. BE ON GUARD AGAINST

14.

UNSAFE GUN HANDLING around you and

others. Don’t be timid when it comes to gun safety. If you observe other shooters violating

the above safety precautions, politely suggest

safer handling practices.

EDUCATE AND

15.

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.

SUPERVISE.Stress

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