02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 41 Licensee Winchester Model 9410 Lever Action Shotgun Owner’s Manual — Top-Tang Safety Version 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 2 Important instructions for Winchester Model 9410 Lever Action .410 Shotgun With Top-Tang Safety Customer Service Department (United States) U. S. Repeating Arms Company, Inc. 275 Winchester Avenue Morgan, Utah 84050-9333 Phone: 1-800-945-5237 Winchester trademarks licensed from Olin Corporation. If you have any questions or comments regarding your new firearm, please feel free to write or call us. Use the space below to record information about your new Model 9410 shotgun. Model __________________________________________________________ Gauge __________________________________________________________ Serial Number ____________________________________________________ Purchased From __________________________________________________ Date of Purchase __________________________________________________ 2 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 3 Contents Page Gun Safety Warnings . .5 General Description . .7 Terminology and Descriptions . .8 Serial Number . .9 Ammunition . .9 General Features . .10 Initial Cleaning . .13 Oiling the Action . .13 Rebounding Hammer Safety . .13 Manual Hammer Stop/Safety . .14 “Safe” Positions . .14 “Fire” Positions . .17 Assembly/Disassembly . .18 Installing a Scope . .18 General Operation . .19 Loading Procedures . .20 Unloading Procedures . .22 Licensee In the Case of a Misfire . .24 Firing Procedures . .25 Sight Adjustments . .26 Invector™ Choke Tube System . .29 Hammer Extension . .31 Magazine Plug . .33 Cleaning and Maintenance . .36 Parts, Service, Repair and Questions . .38 General Product and Historical Questions . .38 Parts, Service, Repair Status, Technical Questions 38 Winchesterguns.com . .39 3 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 4 THANK YOU We sincerely hope that you are pleased with your new Winchester 9410 shotgun. We at U.S. Repeating Arms Company thank you for the privilege of providing this shotgun to you. We are especially proud of the many years of enjoyment it is certain to provide for you and your family. The Model 9410 is another shotgun in an over 130 year-old tradition of producing quality firearms for the world’s sportsmen. Quality of manufacture, design, craftsmanship and function are of utmost concern to us. We believe you’ll find that your new 9410 meets the Winchester tradition of quality in every way. If you have any questions or comments regarding your new firearm, please feel free write to us at our administrative offices: Customer Service Department U. S. Repeating Arms Company, Inc. 275 Winchester Avenue Morgan, Utah 84050-9333 Phone: 1-800-945-5237 4 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 5 GUN SAFETY WARNINGS 2. Do not rely on the safety to prevent accidental discharge. Many safeties merely block the trigger and IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THESE OPERATING prevent firing by pulling the trigger. The safety may not INSTRUCTIONS BE THOROUGHLY STUDIED prevent an accidental discharge due to dropping, jarring, BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM TO ASSURE or bumping a gun. PROPER AND SAFE GUN HANDLING. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR 3. Use only ammunition for which the gun is chambered FAILURE TO OBEY ANY SAFETY WARNING as indicated on the barrel, to prevent excessive pressure MAY RESULT IN INJURY TO YOURSELF OR and possible serious personal injury. OTHERS, OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR GUN. 4. Incorrectly reloaded ammunition can cause serious As a gun owner, you accept a set of demanding responsi- personal injury and damage to the firearm due to excessive bilities. How seriously you take these responsibilities can pressure. Reload only after proper instruction and in strict be the difference between life and death. There is no compliance with instruction and data contained in excuse for careless or abusive handling of any firearm. current reloading manuals. At all times handle your shotgun and any other firearm 5. Never point a gun at anything you do not intend to with intense respect for its power and potential danger. shoot. Always keep it pointed in a safe direction in case PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL of accidental discharge. OF THE CAUTIONS, PROPER HANDLING 6. Always check to ensure that the barrel is free of PROCEDURES AND INSTRUCTIONS obstructions before loading and using the gun. If you OUTLINED IN THIS BOOKLET BEFORE experience light recoil or an off sound, completely unload USING YOUR NEW FIREARM. the shotgun, engage the manual hammer stop/safety, open 1. Do not carry a loaded gun while walking, running, the action and check the barrel for obstruction. climbing a tree, crossing a fence or anywhere you might 7. Before firing, clean any grease or oil out of barrel with slip or fall, drop the gun or otherwise bump or jar the gun. cleaning rod and patch. Grease or heavy accumulation of A gun that is dropped, bumped, or jarred with a oil can cause excessive pressure and result in serious chambered round might accidentally discharge even personal injury. with the safety on, causing serious injury to you or someone else. When a round is chambered keep the safety on until you are ready to shoot. 5 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 6 8. Keep barrel, chamber and action free of rust. Rust in 14. Never alter any parts of your gun. Any alterations or the barrel and chamber can cause excessive pressures adjustments that may become necessary to the operating resulting in serious injury. A rusted, pitted or eroded mechanism should be performed by a qualified gunsmith. barrel should be replaced. 15. Hunting from elevated surfaces such as tree stands is 9. Use hearing protection to prevent ear damage from dangerous. Doing so may increase the risk of handling any repeated exposure to gunfire. firearm. Always make certain that the stand being used is 10. Always use proper shooting glasses to prevent eye safe, sturdy and stable. Always make certain your firearm injury from flying particles. is unloaded when it is being taken up and down from the stand. Always make certain that your firearm is not 11. Never carry a loaded gun in a motor vehicle or carry dropped from the stand or dropped while it is being one into a dwelling. Always carefully unload the gun taken up or down from the stand. before entering a motor vehicle, a dwelling or an area such as a camp. Always point a gun in a safe direction 16. Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, while loading or unloading to prevent serious injury in cleaning firearms, or handling ammunition may result case of an accidental discharge. Never load in the house in exposure to lead and other substances known to cause or in your vehicle. birth defects, reproductive harm and other serious physical injury. Have adequate ventilation at all times. 12. Never shoot at a hard, flat surface or at the surface of Wash hands thoroughly after exposure. water to avoid a ricochet and possible serious personal injury to yourself or a bystander. 13. Store guns in a clean dry place out of reach of children and separated from stored ammunition. 6 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 7 GENERAL DESCRIPTION FOR MODELS WITH THE RECEIVER POSITIONED CROSS BOLT MANUAL HAMMER STOP/SAFETY Congratulations on your purchase of a Winchester (FIGURE 3), PLEASE REQUEST A COPY OF THAT Model 9410 shotgun — certainly one of the most unique and fun-to-shoot guns ever. The original Winchester MANUAL BY CALLING 1-800-782-4440. Model 94 design is famous for fast handling and natural As you examine your new Model 9410 you will observe pointability. No wonder it lends itself so well to a that it possesses the genius of the original Model 94 design chambering in .410 bore with a smoothbore, unrifled — the most famous of all lever action rifles. No gun better barrel. Whether you are after squirrels, rabbits, upland represents the Winchester legacy than the Model 94 rifle. birds, rodents or even bigger varmints or game (using Just like the original Model 94 rifles of the past, you’ll slugs) the Model 9410 will prove to be as effective as it is appreciate the beautiful craftsmanship and superb enjoyable. The Model 9410 can also be an inventive way function of the your Model 9410. to boost the fun of clay target shooting. With a few minor exceptions, the action is identical This manual covers versions of the Model 9410 shotgun to the way the original rifles were made in 1894. Yet that feature the following: you’ll find that today’s manufacturing equipment and • Advanced rebounding hammer and top-tang hammer- technology make it possible to produce this variation blocking safeties. with more precision, closer metal-to-wood fits and tighter overall tolerances than possible in earlier times. We’re • Standard Invector™ or cylinder choked barrels. sure that the greatest Winchester gunmakers of the past • Positive angle ejection (ejection out the side, to the would be very proud of today’s Model 9410 shotgun. right, for better ejection when using a scope). Your new Model 9410 features our highly functional • A special extractor/ejector design offers positive, manual hammer stop/safety mounted on the top tang of controlled ejection with shotshells. the receiver, as well as our rebounding hammer system. This shotgun also contains an automatic hammer stop IMPORTANT: THIS MANUAL COVERS THE which blocks the hammer from striking the firing pin MODEL 9410 WITH TOP-TANG POSITIONED until the trigger is pulled. MANUAL HAMMER STOP/SAFETY (FIGURE 4). 7 02-224-WFA_9410_OM_revis 7/16/03 2:52 PM Page 8 Rebounding hammer Ejection port Rear sight FIGURE 1A Barrel bands Front sight Manual hammer stop/safety Loading port Forearm Muzzle Trigger guard Magazine tube Trigger Finger lever Buttstock Butt plate All features are explained in detail later in this manual.