robinson supervepr User Guide

OPERATIONS

MANUAL

FOR

TM

SUPER VEPR

RIFLES

ROBINSON
ARMAMENT CO.

PO BOX 16776
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116
url: www.robarm.com

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WARNING!!!

READ THIS OPERATION MANUAL CAREFULLY
AND RECEIVE FIREARMS SAFETY TRAINING
FROM A COMPETENT INSTRUCTOR BEFORE HAN­DLING OR OPERATING THIS FIREARM. THIS OP­ERATION MANUAL CONTAINS IMPORTANT
WARNINGS WHICH MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AND
FOLLOWED BY ANYONE HANDLING OR OPERAT­ING THIS FIREARM.

IMPROPER HANDLING OR OPERATING OF ANY
FIREARM MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS BODILY IN­JURY, DEATH, OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
NEITHER THE IMPORTER, ROBINSON ARMAMENT
CO., NOR THE MANUFACTURER, VYATSKIE POLY­ANY MACHINE BUILDING PLANT (“MOLOT”),
SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY TO PERSONS
OR ANY DAMAGE TO PROPERTY RESULTING
FROM THE USE OF THIS FIREARM.

THIS OPERATION MANUAL SHOULD ACCOMPANY
THE FIREARM AT ALL TIMES AND SHOULD BE
TRANSFERRED WITH POSSESSION OF THE FIRE­ARM TO ANY SUBSEQUENT OWNER OR OPERA­TOR.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO KEEP FIREARMS AND
AMMUNITION LOCKED UP AND OUT OF THE
REACH OF CHILDREN AND OTHER UNAUTHOR­IZED INDIVIDUALS. SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSI­BILITY!!!

Copyright 2000 Robinson Armament Co.

All Rights Reserved

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTON I FIREARM SAFETY RULES 4

SECTION II TERMINOLOGY 5

SECTION III DESCRIPTION OF THE VEPR’S
ACTION 6

SECTION IV LOADING THE VEPR 9

SECTION V AIMING THE VEPR 12

SECTION VI FIRING THE VEPR 13

SECTION VII UNLOADING THE VEPR 15

SECTION VIII DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURES 17

SECTION IX ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES 20

SECTION X CLEANING AND LUBRICATION 22

SECTION XI ATTACHING THE SCOPE MOUNT 23

SECTION XII CHILD SAFETY LOCK 25

SECTION XIII MODIFICATIONS 27

SECTION XIV SPECIFICATIONS 27

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SECTION I - FIREARM SAFETY RULES

WARNING!!! THESE SAFETY RULES ARE OF A
GENERAL NATURE ONLY. THEY ARE NOT IN­TENDED TO BE EXHAUSTIVE NOR ARE THEY IN­TENDED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROPER FIRE­ARMS TRAINING FROM A COMPETENT FIREARMS
INSTRUCTOR.

1. Always keep the firearm pointed in a safe direction. Fire­arms must be treated as if always loaded and always firing a
steady stream of bullets. Do not point the muzzle of the firearm
at any thing you do not intend to kill or destroy.

2. Never place your finger on the trigger until you are ready to
fire. Before placing your finger on the trigger, make sure that
you have first assumed a stable shooting position and have your
intended target clearly within your sights.

3. Clearly identify your target and backstop before you pull
the trigger. Rifle cartridges are very powerful; have a lethal
range of many miles. They can often penetrate hard objects
such as walls and metal. Before you pull the trigger, it is vital
that you clearly identify your target and have a backstop behind
the target capable of stopping rifle bullets. Do not fire at hard
objects or at water, which can cause bullets to ricochet and hit
unintended objects.

4. Always wear adequate eye and hearing protection while
shooting. Firearms, upon discharge, are extremely loud, and
violently eject spent cases, hot gasses and particles. Operators
and bystanders must wear adequate eye and hearing protection
at all times when a firearm is being discharged to prevent per­manent vision and hearing loss.

5. Always store your firearms unloaded, locked up, and out of
the reach of children and other unauthorized individuals.
Be sure to keep your firearms locked in a secure place when not
in use. It is your responsibility to make sure that children and
other unauthorized individuals do not have access to your fire­arms.

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SECTION II – TERMINOLOGY

TAKE TIME TO THOROUGHLY FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE TERMS IN THIS SECTION DE-

SCRIBING THE FEATURES AND COMPONENTS OF THE VEPR AS THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO

THROUGHOUT THIS MANUAL.

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SECTION III - DESCRIPTION OF THE
VEPR’S ACTION

The VEPR is a gas operated semiautomatic sporting rifle.
The VEPR’s action is based on that of the Automat Kalash-
nikov designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the former Soviet
Union shortly after WWII. The operating cycle of this semi­automatic action is briefly described below.

To begin the description of the operating cycle, it is assumed
that the following operations have been performed: A loaded
magazine has been inserted into the firearm. And a cartridge
has been manually cycled into the chamber. The hammer
is held in the cocked position by the trigger (See Fig.1).

Fig. 1

As the trigger is pulled, the hammer is released from engage-
ment with the trigger. The hammer, under the force of its
spring, rotates forward and upward into contact with the firing
pin which is contained in the bolt which is itself contained in
the bolt carrier (See Fig. 2). As the hammer strikes the end of
the firing pin, the tip of the firing pin is forced to strike the
primer of the cartridge causing it to ignite. The ignited
primer causes the powder within the cartridge case to burn.
The burning powder creates gasses that expand under very

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high pressure to force the bullet out of the cartridge case and
down the bore of the barrel (See Fig.2).

Fig. 2

As the bullet passes the gas port in the barrel, some of the
gasses are forced through the port into the gas block. The gas
block diverts the gasses into the gas tube allowing them to im­pinge upon the piston of the bolt carrier forcing it to the rear
of the firearm against the force of the recoil spring (See
Fig.3).

Fig. 3

As bolt carrier is forced to the rear, a camed slot in its under­side engages the caming lug of the bolt causing it to rotate.
The rotation of the bolt causes the locking lugs of the bolt to
rotate out of engagement with locking recesses of the re-
ceiver. The bolt is now unlocked and may travel to the rear of

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the receiver with the bolt carrier (See Fig 4). As the bolt
carrier and bolt travel further to the rear of the firearm, the
extractor which is engaging the rim of the cartridge case
pulls the empty cartridge from the chamber. As the bolt
carrying the empty cartridge passes the ejector, the spent
case is forced out of the grip of the extractor and is ejected
from the right side of the firearm. During the bolt car-
rier’s rearward movement, the hammer is rotated against
the force of its spring into engagement with the trigger
(See Fig.4).

Fig. 4

As the bolt carrier with its bolt reaches the rear limit of its
travel, the compressed recoil spring forces the bolt carrier
and bolt forward. As the bolt passes the rear of the maga-

zine, a new cartridge is forced from the magazine into the
chamber. Simultaneously, the extractor is forced over the

rim of the new cartridge case and the lugs of the bolt are
rotated into engagement with the recesses in the firearm’s
receiver. The bolt carrier continues forward until it
reaches its forward limit. One complete cycle has now
been completed and the firearm is ready to be fired again
by pulling the trigger.

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SECTION IV - LOADING THE VEPR

WARNING!!! USE ONLY NEW, UNDAMAGED, COM­MERCIAL GRADE AMMUNITION MEETING SAAMI
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROPER CALIBER WITH
YOUR VEPR. THE CALIBER OF YOUR VEPR IS IN­DICATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RECEIVER
UNDER THE REAR SIGHT (SEE FIG.5). FAILURE TO
USE THE PROPER AMMUNITION COULD CAUSE
DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO THE OP­ERATOR AND BYSTANDERS AS WELL AS DAMAGE
TO PROPERTY.

Fig. 5

Before loading the VEPR, inspect the bore of the barrel for
any obstructions. WARNING!!! FIRING THE VEPR

WITH ANY OBSTRUCTION IN THE BARREL MAY
RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
TO THE OPERATOR AND BYSTANDERS. BEFORE
INSPECTING THE BORE, MAKE SURE THE MAGA-
ZINE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE CHAMBER IS
EMPTY. (REFER TO SECTION VII FOR THE PRO­CEDURE TO REMOVE THE MAGAZINE AND CHECK
THE CHAMBER.) It is recommended that you remove the

bolt carrier from the firearm before inspecting the bore. (To
remove the bolt carrier, please see the Disassembly Proce­dures in Section VIII of this manual).

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