FN Rifle And Carbine 98 Operators Manual

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5. - THE FITTINGS consist of the cleaning rod. It screws 
into a nut let into the stock. The other end is provided with a 
slot for the rag and is tapped so as to allow of 2 rods being 
screwed together for the cleaning of the barrel: 
the 
the 
the 
the 
the upper band and its spring: 
bayonet attachment; 
lower band and its spring: 
swivel of the lower band; 
frontand rear screws of the trigger quard and the 
check screws; 
the cross piece in the breech (secured by means of a 
nut); 
the bottom...

Dismantling and Reassembling 
DISMOUNTING. 
1,. Unscrew and remove the cleaning rod. 
2** Remove the sling. 
3” Remove the bolt and dismantle same. 
Cock flrinq pin and raise the safety wing in the intermediate 
position between the safety position and the firing position. 
Remove the bolt from the breech by pressing aside the bolt 
stop with the left thumb. The hand grips the bolt and the 
thumb presses back the spring catch of the bolt plug in order 
to disengage it from the safety notch, the right...

Push the extractor forward. The extrackor is separated from 
the bolt when the 2 small lugs of the rotable rrnq disengage 
from their seats beneath the extractor. 
& To remove the magazine cover plate, spring and plat- 
form. - No special tcol is required. The magazine cover plate  

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can be easily removed by pressing the point of a cartridge in 
the catch which is just in front of the trigger guard and pushfng 
it towards the trigger guard. 
Draw out the magazine cover plate, the magazine spring and 
platform. Separate the different parts by removing the spring 
leaves from their bearings in the platform and tn the magazine 
cover plate. 
5” To remove the upper and the lowor band. - Press upon 
the springs of the upper and lower band in order to disengage 
these these parts...

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To strip the trigger mechanism, drive out the axis pin of the 
trigger bar in order to set free the trigger bar, the trigger and 
the trigger spring, the trigger pin, being riveted, must not be 
removed. 
Unscrew the nut of the cross piece and take out the latter. 
Remove the pin of the cover plate catch, thus setting free 
the latter part and its spring. 
REA55EM5LlNG. 
lo To reassemble the bolt stop, the elector, the sight tangent 
md the ttigqer me&aniem. - If necessary, replace the ma-...

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C To replace the upper and the lowot band. - Place the 
lower band in such a way that It IS again retained by its spring. 
Mount the upper band, making sure that it enters into the 
recess. 
5” To replace the magazine cover plate, the rpring and the 
platform. -. The maqazme cover plate with feeding apparatus 
1s Inserted Into the box in the following manner : The magazine 
cover plate IS, after the platform and spring have been inserted, 
pushed on with the flat hand when the catch snaps into...

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When the bolt is being inserted in the body, care must be 
taken that the extractor stands in the correct position over the 
right hand lug and the wing of the sufety bolt to the left. 
70 Replace the sling. 
80 Put in and screw the cleaning rod into place.  

Manipulation and working 
Openfng the Breech. - Grip the rifle with the left hand be- 
tween the rear sight and bolt and let het hand remain there du- 
ring all loading .movements. The right hand grips the bolt la 
ver, turns it upward an eight of a turn and then pulls it back 
until it stops against the bolt stop. While the bolt IS being tur- 
ned, the ramp nose of the cocking piece stud is led along the 
corresponding cam surface of the bolt, whereby the former is 
pushed back over the trigger sear and...

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held by the lip of the breech and iis base is placed in front of 
the face of the bolt. 
The clip is left in the vertical groove of the bridge. 
The right hand again grips the bolt’ lever, the finger nails being 
turned to the left ; the bolt is pushed fully home and the fever 
turned to the right. As the bolt moves forward, it encounters the 
lower end of the clip and throws it out. The lower part of the 
bolt head meets the rim of the first cartridge and pushes the latter 
forward, being guided...

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Disengaqlng the ddy. 
Turn the safety to the left. When the non notched portion of 
the spindle is withdrawn from the safety slot in the bolt, the bolt 
is no longer locked ; the cocking piece advances until the stud 
engages with the sear. 
Under the effect of the spring of the trigger bar. the sear nose 
prom&s into the groove of the tall of the body, the trigger rests 
on its front cam underneath the body and is connected to the 
trigger bar by its pin. 
Press the tail of the trigger backwards....