Daisy AVANTI Legend 853 User Manual

Operation Manual

AVANTI LEGEND

MODEL 853

Daisy Outdoor Products

Rogers, AR 72757-0220 U.S.A.

800-643-3458

www.daisy.com

Part No. 136656-000

REV. 10/08

AVANTI LEGEND EX

MODEL 853C

Features a five-shot

clip with automatic indexing.

Use .177 cal. (4.5mm) LEAD AIRGUN PELLET

WARNING:

COMPETITION OR TARGET RANGE USE. MISUSE OR CARELESS USE MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. MAY BE DANGEROUS WITHIN 257 YARDS (235 METERS).

THIS IS A SPECIAL CLASS OF NON-POWDERED GUN AND NOT FOR GENERAL USE. IT IS TO BE USED FOR TRAINING AND TARGET SHOOTING UNDER SUPERVISION. RECOMMENDED FOR USE BY THOSE 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

Competition Pellet Rifle

AND USER AIRGUNS.

SHOULD CONFORM TO ALL LAWS GOVERNING THE USE AND OWNERSHIP OF

NOT A TOY. THESE AIRGUNS ARE DESIGNED FOR USE BY EXPERIENCED SHOOTERS AND ARE INTENDED FOR MATCH

THIS GUN SHOOTS PELLETS ONLY. THE PURCHASER

WARNING:

THIS GUN CAN CAUSE DEATH IF CARELESSLY USED OR MISUSED.

HOW TO OPERATE:

READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. DO NOT LOAD A PELLET INTO THE CHAMBER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT. IF YOU DO LOAD A PELLET AND DECIDE NOT TO SHOOT, REMOVE EITHER MANUALLY OR BY SHOOTING IT IN A SAFE DIRECTION. AN UNCOCKED, UNLOADED GUN IS SAFEST. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN FAST, AND ACCIDENTALLY INJURING OR KILLING SOMEONE IS A TERRIBLE THING. PLEASE SHOOT SAFELY.

at anyone. Always assume and handle the gun as if it were loaded and ready to fire.

Step 1. OPEN BOLT Step 2. PUT “ON” TRIGGER SAFETY Step 3. PUMP ONCE Step 4. LOAD

WARNING: Be sure gun is always pointed in a safe direction. Never point the gun

Step 5. CLOSE BOLT Step 6. AIM AT SAFE TARGET Step 7. TAKE “OFF” TRIGGER SAFETY Step 8. FIRE

This safety alert symbol indicates important safety messages in this manual. When you see this symbol, be alert to the possibility of personal injury and carefully read the message that follows.

The Avanti Legend, model 853, and Avanti Legend EX, model 853C Competition Pellet Rifles shoot with much more muzzle energy than many BB and pellet guns. Use extreme caution when operating these guns. Although your new Avanti Competition Air Rifle is not a firearm, it has lethal potential and should be treated with the caution and respect due any conventional firearm. Like a firearm, your Avanti Competition Air Rifle, when misused or carelessly used, can kill or seriously injure the shooter or other persons. Always remember, the first and most important safety feature of any gun is the shooter. All safeties are mechanical devices and the shooter is the only part of the system that can make a gun safe–or unsafe. DON’T DEPEND ON MECHANICAL SAFETIES – think ahead and avoid situations that might lead to accidents.

Guns differ in their operation, and you are never ready to fire any gun until you are thoroughly familiar with it. Read the following operating instructions and, WITHOUT LOADING ANY PELLETS, proceed through the operating steps, dry firing your gun several times at a safe target. This will enable you to learn to operate this Avanti Competition Air Rifle properly and safely.

BOLT

ADJUSTABLE

STOCK

PISTOL GRIP

REAR

SIGHT

TRIGGER

DOVETAIL

GROOVE

TRIGGER

SAFETY

HANDLE

TRACK

FEED

PUMPING

HANDLE

FOREARM

BARREL

SLING

BARREL WEIGHT

SLING BRACKET

FRONT

SIGHT

MUZZLE

NO. 1

NO. 1A

DOVETAIL GROOVES

BOLT HANDLE

FEED TRACK

TRIGGER SAFETY

TRIGGER

SAFETY ON

NO. 1B

TRIGGER

SAFETY OFF

red showing on

opposite side

Step 1. OPEN BOLT

Pull the bolt handle fully to the rear. Then, release your hold on the bolt handle, leaving the bolt

open. The gun cannot fire with the bolt open. (See Drawing 1A)

Step 2. PUT “ON” TRIGGER SAFETY

The bolt must FIRST be opened, then the trigger safety is pushed from the left to right so that

NO red is showing (See Drawing No. 1B). It is a good practice to get into the habit of always

keeping the trigger safety “ON” until actually ready to fire the gun.

Step 3. PUMP (ONCE)

IMPORTANT: Do not pump over one time. This gun is

NO. 2

designed to produce a maximum velocity using a single pump stroke. Additional pump strokes may result in serious damage to the gun. The bolt must be opened to pump gun. For greater safety, we recommend that the bolt remain open while pumping and that you close the bolt only when the barrel can be pointed in a safe direction.

Grasp the pump handle. Pull out and forward as far as possible. You should hear a fresh charge of air being drawn into the pump cylinder. Then, return the pump lever to the

PULL LEVER OUTWARD FOR FULL STROKE THEN RETURN

PINCH POINTS

original, closed position. (See drawing 2)

CAUTION: Be sure to grasp pump handle firmly as you close the lever to prevent it from

snapping back and causing possible injury. Also be careful to keep fingers out of cocking mechanism when closing lever. (See “PINCH POINTS,” Drawing No. 2).

WARNING:

This procedure can result in a loaded gun and a projectile being expelled from the gun during pumping. Recock the gun by opening the bolt and put “ON” trigger safety before pumping as in Steps 1 and 2.

Do not open the bolt, close the bolt, and then pull the trigger before pumping.

CAUTION: If gun is left unpumped for an extended period of time OR pumped more than

once, all of the air may not be expelled when the gun is shot. This could result in a second pellet being shot without the gun having been pumped. Also, leaving your gun pumped for more than one hour could result in damage to your gun.

Step 4. LOAD (Model 853)

LOADING PELLETS: With the bolt back, lower the muzzle slightly and load a pellet, solid end forward (See Drawing No. 3).

Step 4. LOAD (Model 853C)

TO LOAD A PELLET AS A SINGLE SHOT: If the single-shot adapter is not already in place in the receiver, insert it into the clip track from the right-hand side until it is flush with both sides of the receiver. Hold the gun with the barrel in a horizontal position and place a pellet (head or solid end forward) in the loading track that is formed by the single-shot adapter. (See Drawing No. 3A).

NOTE: The single-shot adapter can only be removed from the receiver by pulling it from the right-hand side of the gun.

TO LOAD 5-SHOT CLIP: With solid end forward, insert pellet into clip as shown. (See Drawing No. 3B). Be certain that rear edge of pellet skirt is seated deeply enough to be beyond the ramp at the lower edge of the pellet opening. Repeat until clip is completely filled.

TO LOAD 5-SHOT CLIP INTO THE CLIP TRACK: From the right-hand side of the gun,

insert a previously loaded clip into the clip track until the left end of the clip is flush with the left side of the receiver (See Drawing No. 3C).

NOTE: The clip may be removed from either side of the gun.

BOLT TIP

SINGLE SHOT ADAPTER

CLIP TRACK

PELLET (SOLID

END FORWARD)

NO. 3

PELLET (SOLID

END FORWARD)

NO. 3A

NO. 3B

5-SHOT CLIP

NO. 3C

Step 5. CLOSE BOLT

Push the bolt handle fully forward. This will chamber a pellet and lock the bolt. (See Drawing No. 4) The gun will not fire if the bolt is open.

BOLT HANDLE

CAUTION: The gun is now loaded and ready to fire.

Step 6. AIM AT SAFE TARGET

Aim the gun at a safe target. To be a consistent marksman, use the correct sight picture each time you fire your gun (See Drawing No. 5). Never point a gun, loaded or unloaded, at anyone.

CAUTION: Use extra caution in selecting a safe target

and backstop. This gun should not be used with BB gun targets or backstops. Whether you use a commercial target and backstop or make your own, it is important to remember that they will wear out with continued use. Because of this you should always place your target and backstop where it will be safe should it fail, and check it carefully before and after each use. Do not shoot at the surface of water.

BULLSEYE

FRONT

SIGHT

Step 7. TAKE “OFF” TRIGGER SAFETY

When you are certain the target, backstop and surrounding area is safe, push the trigger safety from the right, fully to the left (RED SHOWING ON LEFT). Your gun is now cocked and ready to shoot. In this condition, it should be handled with extreme care.

NO. 4

REAR SIGHT

NO. 5

Step 8. FIRE

After making sure the gun is pointed in a safe direction, gently (but firmly) squeeze the trigger. Repeat Steps 1 through 8 to continue shooting, using the appropriate loading procedure. NOTE: To fire, bolt must be completely closed as indicated in Step 5.

WARNING: If a pellet does not fire after completing the operation steps, the

gun is jammed. This is a dangerous condition.

Open the bolt and put “ON” trigger safety immediately. If the bolt is not completely closed, do not try to close it until after opening it by pulling the bolt handle all the way back. The gun will not fire a projectile when the bolt is completely open.

Keep the gun pointed in a safe direction and perform the following steps.

1. Open bolt.

2. Put trigger safety “ON”.

3. Pump the gun, close bolt and with gun pointed in a safe direction, take the trigger safety

“OFF” and fire the gun.

If the pellet still does not fire, follow these steps carefully:

1. Open bolt

2. Put the trigger safety “ON” (no red showing)

3. Clear barrel by running a cleaning rod through from the muzzle end. Be careful not to

damage the bolt tip by pushing the rod through too hard. Do not re-use the pellet.

4. Repeat operation steps 1 through 8. If after following the firing procedure the projectile is

not fired, return your gun to Daisy (See “REPAIR OF DAISY GUNS” section).

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