‼ DO TO THE TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR AMMUNITION THE MANUFACTURERS ARE PRODUCING AS FAST AS THEY CAN. It is possible that your ammunition could contain LIGHT LOADS, SQUIB LOADS, AND PRIMER ONLY LOADS.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN A VERY LIGHT, SQUIB, OR PRIMER ONLY ROUND IS FIRED, THE BULLET REMAINS STUCK IN THE BARREL. FIRING ANOTHER ROUND INTO AN OBSTRUCTED BARREL MAY CAUSE THE BARREL TO BURST AND OR THE SPENT ROUND TO BURST AND EJECT PIECES OF BRASS ALONG WITH FLAMES AND GASES AND COULD INJURE OR KILL!
‼ THE FEEL AND SOUND OF A LIGHT, SQUIB, OR PRIMER ONLY ROUND IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM A NORMAL ROUND. IF YOUR RIFLE FIRES A ROUND THAT SOUNDS OR FEELS DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUND, DO NOT PULL THE TRIGGER AGAIN!
‼ PLACE THE SAFETY SELECTOR IN THE "SAFE" POSITION, REMOVE THE MAGAZINE, AND REMOVE THE SHELL FROM THE CHAMBER.
!! ONCE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE THE RIFLE IS UNLOADED, MAKE SURE THE BARREL IS UNOBSTRUCTED EITHER VISUALLY OR BY RUNNING A CLEANING ROD ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BARREL.
IF THERE IS A BULLET STUCK IN THE BARREL, PUSH IT OUT USING THE CLEANING ROD. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE STUCK BULLET, PLEASE TAKE YOUR GUN TO A GUNSMITH.
!! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE FIREARM BE FIRED. FIRING INTO A PLUGGED BARREL MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURY, AND OR DEATH.
!! WE RECOMMEND TAKING THE FIREARM TO A QUALIFIED GUNSMITH FOR EXAMINATION BEFORE USING IT AGAIN.
! NEVER KEEP AMMUNITION IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE FIREARM.
STORE EACH IN A SEPARATE AND SECURE PLACE.
USE CORRECT AMMUNITION
‼ WARNING: NEVER USE AMMUNITION NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR USE IN YOUR FIREARM.
!! DO NOT USE +P or +P+ (OVER PRESSURE AMMUNITION)
USING ANY AMMUNITION ABOVE THE STANDARD PRESSURE GIVEN BY SAAMI AND NATO SPECS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON A BLOWBACK FIREARM.
DOING SO IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND WILL VOID ALL WARRANTIES.
FAILURE TO USE THE CORRECT TYPE OR CALIBER OF AMMUNITION MAY CAUSE THE FIREARM TO JAM, FAIL TO FIRE, OR EVEN GENERATE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WHICH CAN DAMAGE OR EVEN RUPTURE YOUR FIREARM, CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
! A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION ARE A SYSTEM AND MUST WORK TOGETHER.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMMUNITION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIREARMS. YOUR FIREARM HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR AMMUNITION OF A SPECIFIC TYPE AND A SPECIFIC GAUGE OR CALIBER.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO SELECT THE PROPER AMMUNITION FOR YOUR FIREARM. DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF BULLET VELOCITY, BULLET WEIGHT AND FIREARM WEIGHT CAN HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON FELT RECOIL; HIGH FELT RECOIL COULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO SOME SHOOTERS.
LOCATE THE CARTRIDGE DESIGNATION MARKED ON YOUR FIREARM. THIS INFORMATION INDICATES THE CORRECT AMMUNITION THAT MUST BE USED IN THIS FIREARM. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING AMMUNITION THAT MEETS INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND IS APPROPRIATE IN TYPE AND CALIBER FOR THIS FIREARM.
! ALWAYS USE THE CORRECT AMMUNITION FOR YOUR PARTICULAR FIREARM
AS INDICATED BY THE MARKING ON THE FIREARM. NEVER USE NON-STANDARD, RELOADED, OR “HAND LOADED” AMMUNITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BALLISTIC PRESSURE TESTING.
! NEVER USE A CARTRIDGE NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR USE IN YOUR FIREARM.
THE WRONG TYPE OF AMMUNITION MAY EXCEED THE CAPABILITY OF YOUR FIREARM AND MAY DAMAGE OR EVEN RUPTURE YOUR FIREARM.
! NEVER MIX AMMUNITION. IN SOME CASES, A ROUND OF AMMUNITION NOT SPECIFIED ON YOUR FIREARM MAY FIT INTO THE CHAMBER. FIRING AMMUNITION NOT SPECIFIED ON YOUR FIREARM MAY CAUSE IT TO RUPTURE AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOU OR OTHERS.
USE HIGH QUALITY AMMUNITION
! USE ONLY HIGH QUALITY CANADIAN / AMERICAN AMMUNITION.
YOUR LOCKHART TACTICAL RIFLE IS A PRECISION FIREARM DESIGNED TO SHOOT A WIDE RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY CANADIAN / AMERICAN AMMUNITION.
IT WILL ALSO SHOOT A WIDE RANGE OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURED AMMUNITION, BUT SUCH AMMUNITION CAN VARY WIDELY IN QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY. YOU CAN EXPECT THAT YOUR SHOOTING EXPERIENCES MAY LIKEWISE VARY WHEN USING SUCH AMMUNITION.
EVEN CANADIAN / AMERICAN AMMUNITION WILL VARY IN THE TOLERANCES TO WHICH IT IS MANUFACTURED, AND SOME BRANDS AND/OR TYPES OF AMMUNITION WILL WORK BETTER IN YOUR RIFLE THAN OTHERS. EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT BRANDS OF AMMUNITION AVAILABLE TO YOU TO FIND THOSE THAT PERFORM BEST IN YOUR RIFLE. USING RELOADED OR COMMERCIALLY REMANUFACTURED AMMUNITION WILL VOID THE WARRANTY OF THIS FIREARM.
‼ WARNING: NEVER USE NON-STANDARD, RELOADED OR HANDLOADED AMMUNITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BALLISTIC PRESSURE TESTING.
‼ WARNING: NEVER USE NON-STANDARD, RELOADED OR HANDLOADED AMMUNITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BALLISTIC PRESSURE TESTING. RELOADED OR HANDLOADED AMMUNITION MAY HAVE MANY MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY VARIABLES (SUCH AS THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF GUN POWDER). ANY AMMUNITION THAT IS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED, EVEN IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE, MAY FAIL TO FIRE OR MAY GENERATE EXCESSIVE INTERNAL PRESSURES WHICH CAN DAMAGE OR EVEN RUPTURE THE FIREARM, CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH TO THE SHOOTER OR THOSE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
! ALWAYS INSPECT YOUR AMMUNITION BEFORE USING IT. NEVER USE DIRTY, CORRODED OR DAMAGED AMMUNITION WHICH CAN LEAD TO A BURST CARTRIDGE WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE FIREARM AND PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.
! CORROSIVE PRIMER CAUTION: USE OF AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED WITH CORROSIVE PRIMERS IN THIS FIREARM WILL CAUSE OXIDATION TO DEVELOP ON ANY EXPOSED METAL PARTS OF THE FIREARM. TO PREVENT SUCH OXIDATION, EVERY TIME AMMUNITION WITH CORROSIVE PRIMERS IS USED; THE RESIDUE FROM THE CORROSIVE PRIMERS MUST BE COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM ALL EXPOSED METAL PARTS. CONVENTIONAL OIL OR SOLVENTBASED FIREARM CLEANERS WILL NOT DISSOLVE THE RESIDUE FROM CORROSIVE PRIMERS.
RESIDUE FROM CORROSIVE PRIMERS MUST BE COMPLETELY DISSOLVED WITH A WATERBASED CLEANER. AFTER THE CORROSIVE RESIDUE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISSOLVED FROM ALL EXPOSED METAL PARTS, REMOVE ANY EXCESS WATER-BASED CLEANER FROM THE FIREARM.
CHECK WITH THE AMMUNITION MANUFACTURER OR A QUALIFIED GUNSMITH IF YOU ARE UNSURE WHETHER THE PARTICULAR AMMUNITION YOU PLAN TO USE IN THIS FIREARM HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH CORROSIVE PRIMERS. IF IN DOUBT, FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE TO PREVENT OXIDATION CAUSED BY AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED WITH CORROSIVE PRIMERS. SAAMI MEMBER AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS DO NOT USE CORROSIVE PRIMERS.
ALUMINUM/STEEL AMMUNITION WARNING:
DO NOT USE ALUMINUM OR STEEL-CASED AMMUNITION IN YOUR RAVEN RIFLE
ALUMINUM AMMUNITION CASES MAY CRACK, SPLIT, OR COME APART WHEN FIRED IN A DIRECT BLOWBACK FIREARM LIKE THE RAVEN RIFLE. STEEL AMMUNITION CASES MAY DAMAGE YOUR FIREARM OR CAUSE EXCESSIVE WEAR.
IF YOU SHOOT ALUMINUM OR STEEL-CASED AMMUNITION IN YOUR RAVEN RIFLE YOUR FIREARM MAY FUNCTION IMPROPERLY AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AS A RESULT.
IN ADDITION TO RECOMMENDING THE USE OF ONLY HIGH QUALITY CANADIAN OR AMERICAN MADE, FIRST-RUN AMMUNITION (NOT RELOADS), LOCKHART TACTICAL RECOMMENDS USING ONLY AMMUNITION WITH BRASS CASES.
DO NOT USE ALUMINUM OR STEEL-CASED AMMUNITION IN YOUR RAVEN RIFLE. USING ALUMINUM OR STEEL-CASED AMMUNITION VOIDS THE MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY.
SHOOTING
! ALWAYS BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT IS BEYOND IT.
ALWAYS BE SURE OF WHERE THE BULLET WILL STRIKE AND SHOOT ONLY WHERE THERE IS A SAFE BACKSTOP BEHIND YOUR TARGET THAT WILL STOP YOUR BULLET. BE SURE THAT YOUR BACKSTOP IS FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS, WATER OR OTHER SURFACES THAT CAN CAUSE RICOCHETS. REMEMBER: BULLETS CAN GLANCE OFF MANY SURFACES LIKE ROCKS OR THE SURFACE OF WATER AND TRAVEL IN UNPREDICTABLE DIRECTIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE VELOCITY. DO NOT FIRE RANDOMLY INTO THE SKY. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY ROUND THAT IS FIRED.
! ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FIREARM POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION. NEVER POINT A FIREARM AT ANYTHING YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SHOOT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS LOADED. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN LOADING, UNLOADING, OR FIELD STRIPPING A FIREARM. ALWAYS CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF YOUR FIREARM.
! NEVER PLACE YOUR FINGER INSIDE THE TRIGGER GUARD OR ON THE TRIGGER UNLESS YOU INTEND TO FIRE. ENSURE THAT NO OTHER OBJECTS TOUCH THE TRIGGER.
! BEWARE OF BARREL OBSTRUCTIONS. BE SURE THE BARREL IS CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTIONS BEFORE SHOOTING. MUD, WATER, SNOW OR OTHER OBJECTS MAY INADVERTENTLY LODGE IN THE BARREL BORE. A SMALL OBSTRUCTION CAN CAUSE A DANGEROUS INCREASE IN PRESSURE AND MAY DAMAGE YOUR FIREARM AND CAUSE INJURY TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
! ALWAYS WEAR EYE AND EAR PROTECTORS THAT ARE SPECIFIED FOR USE WITH FIREARMS.
EVERY TIME YOU DISCHARGE YOUR FIREARM. MAKE SURE OTHERS IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE YOU WILL BE SHOOTING DO SO AS WELL.
AMMUNITION FAILURES
IF YOUR FIREARM FAILS TO FIRE
WHEN THE HAMMER FALLS (MISFIRES), KEEP THE FIREARM POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION, REMOVE YOUR FINGER FROM THE TRIGGER, AND WAIT (60) SECONDS.
IF YOUR FIREARM STILL HAS NOT FIRED, REMOVE THE MAGAZINE AND REMOVE (EJECT) THE CARTRIDGE FROM THE CHAMBER AND DISPOSE OF PROPERLY.
IF YOU HEAR AN UNUSUAL SOUND OR FEEL AN UNUSUAL RECOIL
ON FIRING, STOP FIRING, WAIT (60) SECONDS, REMOVE THE MAGAZINE, EXTRACT ANY CARTRIDGE FROM THE CHAMBER, LOCK THE BOLT TO THE REAR, PUT THE SAFETY SELECTOR ON SAFE, EXAMINE THE CHAMBER TO ENSURE IT IS EMPTY, AND EXAMINE THE BORE FOR OBSTRUCTIONS.
IF YOU SEE AN OBSTRUCTION,
TAKE IT TO A QUALIFIED GUNSMITH. NEVER FIRE A FIREARM WITH AN OBSTRUCTED BARREL.
IF YOU ARE UNSURE OR HAVE ANY CONCERNS,
CONTACT YOUR RETAILER OR LOCKHART TACTICAL FOR ADVICE.
