Model 97 Repeating Shotgun
This is one of the famous line
of Winchester World Stand arms. Winchesters have served with supreme satisfaction
the sportsmen of the world for more than two-thirds of a century. For
further information in regard to the complete line of Winchester rifles
and shotguns available write to:
U.S. Repeating Arms Company
275 Winchester Avenue
Morgan, Utah 84050-9333
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONS
Be sure to remove all excess grease
from interior of barrel and mechanism before firing.
TO
PUT THE GUN TOGETHER
See that the hammer is down. Grasp
the barrel and magazine near the butt and, holding the slide handle clear
forward. Insert the barrel shank into the receiver with the magazine at
the left. Turn one-quarter turn to the right. Holding the carrier up,
draw the slide handle rearward. Push out the magazine locking pin (in
front end of magazine) as far as it will go. Push the magazine rearward
into the receiver. Holding it back and using the locking pin as a lever,
turn the magazine one-quarter turn to the right. Push the locking pin
back alongside the barrel.
TO
FILL THE MAGAZINE
Press the shells, one by one,
upward against the carrier and forward into the magazine.
TO
EMPTY THE MAGAZINE
Press inward on the buttons at
right and left sides of the receiver, allowing the cartridges to escape
rearwardly from the magazine.
TO
OPERATE THE GUN
Draw the action slide clear back,
then forward. This cocks the hammer, carriers a shell into the chamber
and leaves the gun ready to fire. For safe carrying, let the hammer carefully
down to half-cock by placing thumb on hammer and exerting pressure on
trigger sufficient to release full-cock engagement. The IMMEDIATELY remove
finger from trigger. Permit hammer to move forward under control of thumb
to half-cock position. When expecting to fire, draw the hammer back to
full-cock.
TO
OPEN WHEN COCKED
Press inward on the release button
in right side of receiver, near hammer, push slide handle slightly forward,
then operate as above.
NOTE-the action slide cannot be
operated when the hammer is at half-cock.
TO
TAKE THE GUN APART
Push out the magazine locking
pin downward. Unscrew the magazine one-quarter turn to the left and push
the action slide, with the magazine, clear forward. Grasp the barrel and
magazine near the butt, turn the whole one-quarter turn tot he left and
lift out of receiver.
TO
TIGHTEN THE TAKE-DOWN
Should the gun become loose at
the joint, remove the adjusting sleeve lock screw in the right side of
the receiver extension, draw back the adjusting sleeve lock, turn back
the adjusting sleeve one notch and replace the screw. If the joint is
still loose, repeat the operation until tight.