Robinson Armament Super Vepr Rifle Instruction Manual
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1 OPERATIONS MANUAL FOR SUPER VEPR TM RIFLES ROBINSON ARMAMENT CO. PO BOX 16776 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116 url: www.robarm.com
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2 WARNING!!! READ THIS OPERATION MANUAL CAREFULLY AND RECEIVE FIREARMS SAFETY TRAINING FROM A COMPETENT INSTRUCTOR BEFORE HAN- DLING OR OPERATING THIS FIREARM. THIS OP- ERATION MANUAL CONTAINS IMPORTANT WARNINGS WHICH MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AND FOLLOWED BY ANYONE HANDLING OR OPERAT- ING THIS FIREARM. IMPROPER HANDLING OR OPERATING OF ANY FIREARM MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS BODILY IN- JURY, DEATH, OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. NEITHER THE IMPORTER, ROBINSON ARMAMENT CO., NOR THE MANUFACTURER,...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTON I FIREARM SAFETY RULES 4
SECTION II TERMINOLOGY 5
SECTION III DESCRIPTION OF THE VEPR’S
ACTION 6
SECTION IV LOADING THE VEPR 9
SECTION V AIMING THE VEPR 12
SECTION VI FIRING THE VEPR...
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4 SECTION I - FIREARM SAFETY RULES WARNING!!! THESE SAFETY RULES ARE OF A GENERAL NATURE ONLY. THEY ARE NOT IN- TENDED TO BE EXHAUSTIVE NOR ARE THEY IN- TENDED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROPER FIRE- ARMS TRAINING FROM A COMPETENT FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. 1. Always keep the firearm pointed in a safe direction. Fire- arms must be treated as if always loaded and always firing a steady stream of bullets. Do not point the muzzle of the firearm at any thing you do not intend to kill or destroy....
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5 SECTION II – TERMINOLOGY TAKE TIME TO THOROUGHLY FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE TERMS IN THIS SECTION DE- SCRIBING THE FEATURES AND COMPONENTS OF THE VEPR AS THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO THROUGHOUT THIS MANUAL.
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6 SECTION III - DESCRIPTION OF THE VEPR’S ACTION The VEPR is a gas operated semiautomatic sporting rifle. The VEPR’s action is based on that of the Automat Kalash- nikov designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the former Soviet Union shortly after WWII. The operating cycle of this semi- automatic action is briefly described below. To begin the description of the operating cycle, it is assumed that the following operations have been performed: A...
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7 high pressure to force the bullet out of the cartridge case and down the bore of the barrel (See Fig.2). As the bullet passes the gas port in the barrel, some of the gasses are forced through the port into the gas block. The gas block diverts the gasses into the gas tube allowing them to im- pinge upon the piston of the bolt carrier forcing it to the rear of the firearm against the force of the recoil spring (See Fig.3). Fig. 2 Fig. 3 As bolt carrier is forced to the rear, a camed slot...
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8 the receiver with the bolt carrier (See Fig 4). As the bolt carrier and bolt travel further to the rear of the firearm, the extractor which is engaging the rim of the cartridge case pulls the empty cartridge from the chamber. As the bolt carrying the empty cartridge passes the ejector, the spent case is forced out of the grip of the extractor and is ejected from the right side of the firearm. During the bolt car- rier’s rearward movement, the hammer is rotated against the force of its...
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9 SECTION IV - LOADING THE VEPR WARNING!!! USE ONLY NEW, UNDAMAGED, COM- MERCIAL GRADE AMMUNITION MEETING SAAMI SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROPER CALIBER WITH YOUR VEPR. THE CALIBER OF YOUR VEPR IS IN- DICATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RECEIVER UNDER THE REAR SIGHT (SEE FIG.5). FAILURE TO USE THE PROPER AMMUNITION COULD CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO THE OP- ERATOR AND BYSTANDERS AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Before loading the VEPR, inspect the bore of the barrel for any obstructions....
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10 1. Load a magazine by taking it in your hand, and using the thumb of your other hand to force one live car- tridge into the magazine at a time. Continue this proc- ess until you cannot load any more cartridges into the magazine. 2. Engage the safety by pushing the safety button from left to right as far as it will go. The safety button is lo- cated just above and forward of the trigger. The safety is on when the safety button is flush with the left side of the rifle as shown in Fig. 6....