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5. Unloading 6. Removing and
Installing the Bolt
Assembly
5.1. Unloading
• Lock (uncock) the disengaged (cocked)
rifle by letting the safety slide (cocking slide)
move backwards with your thumb.
• Open bolt assembly and pull it back (refer
to Para. 2.4), at the same time, the
cartridge is pulled out of the barrel and
ejected.
R8 with spare magazine:
• Remove the spare magazine by pushing
in both magazine buttons and
remove the remaining cartridges by
pushing them forward with the index
finger and thumb, until they pop out
of the magazine lips.
R8 without spare magazine:
• Push cartridges remaining in the magazine
forward with your thumb (or
the bolt assembly), until they jump out
of the magazine lips. Remove cartridges.
• Make sure that barrel and magazine are
empty.
6.1. Removing the bolt assembly
• Unload rifle.
• Pull opened bolt assembly all the way
back.
• Now push bolt stop in and hold it in this
position. At the same time, pull bolt assembly
out towards the back, with your
other hand.
For the calibers .222 Rem., .222 Rem.
Mag, .223 Rem., .22­250, .243 Win., 6x62
Frères, 6,5x55, 6,5x57, 7x57, 7,5x55, .308
Win. and 8x57 IS, a movable bolt stop for
reduced range cartridges is built into the
magazine insert, on the right side, just
outside the right magazine lip. In order to
remove the bolt assembly of a rifle eith one
of the calibers mentioned above, please follow
these steps:
• Push right magazine lip in. This puts the
bolt stop for reduced range cartridges out
of function.
• Pull bolt assembly back until it reaches the
regular bolt stop.
• Now push bolt stop in and hold it in this
position. At the same time, pull bolt assembly
out towards the back, with your
other hand.
6.2. Installing the bolt assembly
• Push magazine insert in the receiver all the
way down and hold it in this position.
• Carefully put bolt assembly with the two
guide slide ends onto rear end of receiver,
parallel to bolt guide rail.
• Slide it forward into the receiver.