Browning 2000 Owners Manual

CAUTION: Do not trip the carrier latch
and let the bolt fly home when the gas piston
bar is removed. The operating handle of the 
bolt will slam into the front of the receiver
and damage it. If you wish to close the bolt at this time, make sure you hold onto the
operating handle and let the bolt very slowly
ride forward until the operating handle rests
against the forward edge of the ejection port.
You are now ready to wipe out the maga-
zine tube and clean the components. The gas
piston and gas cylinder...

particular attention to lining up the slot inthe gas piston bar guide (A, Figure 
15) with
the holes in the gas piston (B, Figure 15) and
the magazine tube (C, Figure 15) so that you
can easily insert the gas piston bar. Be cer-
tain that the slot in the gas piston bar guide
(A, Figure 15) is rearward. This is critical
for proper functioning. Also be certain that 
the aperture in the forward end of the gas
GAS ENTRANCE APER
IN MAGAZINE TUBE 

piston is located upward and in alignment 
with the gas entrance aperture in the top of
the magazine tube (Figure 
16). To insure
that you install the gas piston with this aper-
ture upward, the slot C in the magazine tube
and the slots A 
& B in the gas piston and
gas piston bar guide are machined off center If after installing the gas system in the  mag-
azine tube, you cannot easily install the gas 
piston bar, you have not assembled the com-
ponents properly. Remove them and be cer- tain the aperture...

system in any way. The gas ports in the
barrels differ, so that you can interchange2   3/4 chambered barrels and 3 chambered
barrels on the same action
NOTE: With the 3  *inch Magnum barrelinstalled the B-2000 is designed to functionreliably with 3 inch Magnum shells Whileno harm can come from shooting 2 3 /4   Mag
num Ioads in the 3 inch chambered Magnum
barrel,  it is not advised since the ejector
mechanism built into the 
barrel extension
of the  3 
barrel to specifically eject 3 cart-
ridges 
is not...

of the receiver. DO NOT LET THE
BOLT SLAM FORWARD.
3. Remove the trigger guard retaining pin (Figure 
17).
Fig. 17
TRIGGER GUARD RETAINING PIN
4. Draw the bolt rearward about 1 1/2
inches (Figure 18).
CARRIER LATCH
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5. With your other hand trip the carrier
latch, grasp the trigger guard (Figure
18) and remove by forcing it slightly
forward before attempting to lift it out
of the receiver (Figure 19).Ease the bolt for-
ward again.
Withthe butt
stock resting firmly
on a workbench or
table, grasp the
action bar assem-
bly and compress
the action  spring
several  inches
(Figure 20).
Remove the bolt
operating handle with your other
hand. Firm finger
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pressure removes it easily (Figure 21).
9.To remove the bolt
and bolt slide ease
the action bar as-
sembly forward off
the magazine tube
while depressing
the cartridge stop
with your finger(Figure 22). The
cartridge stop pro-
jects from the bot-
tom of the bolt
slide. Particularly
notice how the
double action bars
separate from the
bolt. This will help
you during reas-
sembly later.
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You can now easily clean all of these com-
ponents as well as the inside of the receiver. (See Figure 23.) Again a good solvent is
ACTION SPRINGBOLT SLIDE
CARTRIDGE STOP
recommended. Further disassembly of the 
trigger group is not recommended. NOTE: Do not apply large quantities
of oil to the trigger group or other areas of 
the action. Excessive oil is not necessary and 
serves to collect dust and minute particles of
dirt. Excessive oil could also soak into the 
stock; softening the walnut and...

recesses in the bolt slide. This is done
just forward of the receiver before the
bolt is completely inserted into the
receiver.
Notice that the left (loading port side)
action bar enters from the top of the bolt slide (Figure 24) while the right action bar
LEFT ACTION BAR ENTERS
BOLT SLIDE FROM TOP
attaches from the bottom (Figure 25). It is
RIGHT ACTION BAR ENTERSBOLT SLIDE
FROM BOTTOM
Fig. 25
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easiest to cant the bolt assembly to the left 
and attach the left action bar first, then 
rotate the bolt assembly to the right anddownward until the right action bar is en-
gaged.
3. Keeping the action bars located in the bolt slide with your fingers (Figure
26) carefully orient the bolt assembly
in the appropriate receiver channels 
and push rearward on the action bar
assembly until the bolt assembly slides
into the receiver.
Fig. 26
4. Insert the bolt operating handle andgradually release pressure on...