Keystone Crickett Single Shot Rifle Instructions Manual

CRICKETT
SingleShotRifle
Safety
and
Operating
Instructions
PracticeSafeFirearmsHandling
Beforeyouoperatelherifle,carefullyreadIhe
imperlantinslructionsinIhisbookletThiswill
Insuremanyhoursofenjoyableshoollngwithyour
CRICKETIRifle.
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Keep
this
Instructionbookletwiththerifle.

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WARNING:
Thl.riflei.notoafeforWIebyminoraeJ:cept
underthe.upervioionofaqualifiedadult.
Ownerohipanduseofthiofireanncarnesaperoonal
responsibilitythatshouldonlybeundertakenbysome.
onewhounderstandsalltheconsequencesofitaunsafe
uso.Theusershouldknowandunderstandallofthe
iIlIItructionainthisiIlIItructionbookletforthesafeand
properhandlingandoperationofthiofireann.
DAVEYCRICKETf8BeZ...
YourrifleisaprecisionmadeiIlIItrumentwhichis
designedtogiveyoumanyyearsofshootingeqjoyment
ifcaredforproperly.
Important...

-Wheneveryoupickupyourrifle,pointthemuzzle
upwardortowardtheground,opentheboltand
inspectthechambertobeSuTeit;sempty.Neverrun,
climbafenoeortree,orjumpaditchwithaloaded
firearm.Neverpickupyourriflewithyourfingeron
thetriggerorinthetriggerguard.
0Alwayspointthemuzzleinasafedirection.Donot
aimatanythlnlfyoudonotintendtoshoot.Never
pullafirearmtowardsyoubythemuzzle.
-BeforeyoushootmakeSuTeofyourbackstop.Besure
there;snooneinthevicinityofyourtarget.Be
absolutelySuTeofa.afebackstopandtarget.Never...

-Dontmixalcoholordrugswithshooting.
-
Donotcocktherifleuntilyouaresureofyourtarget
andarereadytofire.Donotplaceyourfingerontha
triggerwhilecockingtherifleorifyouarenotready
toshoot.Beeurethemuzzleiepointedinaoafe
directionwhencockingtherifle.
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Yourfirearmehouldbeunloadedaewellaeuncocked
andstoredinalockedandsecureplace.Ammunition
ehouldbeetoredinaeeparatelockedplace.Anyone
examiningyourfirearmshouldobeervealltheeeoafs-
typrecautionsandbealwaysunderthesupervision...

loanedorotherwisegiventosomeotherperson.
-Thisfirearmmustonlybeoperatedbyorunderthe
supervisionofaresponsibleadult.
Wamlng:Iti.verydangeroustofirearifleifthere
areanyobstructionsinthebarrel,andthebarrelmust
beperfectlyclearbeforeyoufiretherifle.
Note:Averylightfilmofoilisacceptableanddesir-
ableonallmetalpartaoftherifleforgoodmainte-
nanceandprotectionagainstrust.
DAVEYCRICKErf8ae~thatitI.eoodsatety
practice,aswenascourtesy,toleavethebolt
openwhenyouarenotfiringtherlneandespe-...

Itisrecommendedthatyouaiwayauaeanemptyor
.apentcartridgecaaeinthechamberandrevolveit
aftereachtriggerpull,80thatthefiringpinatrikeaa
differentpartofthecaaerimeachtime.Yourfinger
muatbeoutaidethetriggerguerdduringthiaproc:eaa.
Makeaurethereisnothingbetweenyouandthetar.
get.Raiaetherifletoyourahoulderandlineupthe
targetinyouraight..Putyourfingerlightlyonthe
triggerandinereaaethepreaaureuntilyoufeeland
hearthemechanismfire.
Unloading
Afterahootingandbeforeyoumovefromyourahoot-...

iscompletelyunloaded.Followtheproceduresinthe
previousparagraphtitled.Unloading.
Next,removetheboltoftherifle(seeoperating
instructions).Next,usingagoodqualitycleaningrod,
pa88apatchthroughtheborefromthebreechendto
themuzzle,andrepeatthisprocedureuntilthepatch.
esnolongerpickupanybarrelresiduesandcomeout
clean.
Ifyouhavebeendoingaconsiderableamountof
shooting,ortheammunitionyouhaveusedproduces
excessiveresidue.itmaybenecessarytowetyour
patchwithagoodtypeofbarrelsolvent,whichisnon-...

OPERATINGANDCLEANINGlNSTRUC770NS
TheCRICKETIRifleiachamberedfor.22caliber
short,longorlongriflecartridgea.Itisaaingleahot
boItactionrifle.
Beforeattemptingtooperate,diaambleorclean
yourrifle,readthefollowinginatructiona.
RemovinetheBolt.Liftthebolthandleupandpull
totherear.Thiawillopentheaction.Pullthetrigger
totherearandattheaametimealidethebolttothe
rear,removingitfromthereceiver.
RepIaelnetheBolt
-Placetheboltintothereceiver,
attheaametimepullingthetrigger.Theboltahouldbe...

rearofthebolt,withthethumbandforefingerand
pulltotherearuntilitatop..Therifleionowreadyto
befired.Theactionwillnotopenwhentherifleio
cocked.
Warning:DonotcarryortransporttheriOewhenitis
cocked.OnlycocktheriOewhenyouarereadytofire.
Seebelowforuncockinginstruction..
Uncoc:klnctheRifle.Makingsuretherifleiopoint-
edinaoafedirection,graBpthecockingpiecewith
yourthumbandforefingerandpulltotherear.Atthe
sametime,withyourotherhand,alowlypullthetrig-
ger.Whileholdingthecockingpieceandpullingthe...

Wlndnec.Looeentherearsightwindagescrew.This
willallowtheaperturetobemovedtotherightorlet\.
Movingtheaperturetotherightmovesthepeintof
bulletimpacttotherightandmovingittotheleft.
movesthepointofbulletimpacttothelet\.Theeight
.lidehaagraduatedmarks.Aftertheacljustmentis
made,tightenthescrew.
Elevation
-Loosentheelevationscrewtomovethe
rearsightslide.Raisingthe.liderai...thepeintof
impactandloweringitdropsthepeintofbulletimpact
onthetargeLTightenthescrewaftertheacljustment
ismade....