HK - 91 Owners Manual
HK - 91 Owners Manual
HK - 91 Owners Manual
HK91
Cal. .308
1. Genera I Information The Selfloading Rifle H K 91 is the non-mil itary design of the well-known Automatic Rifle G3, adopted as standard weapon by the Deutsche Bundeswehr (Federa I German Armed Forces) and the armed forces of severa I other nations. The HK 91 is like the G3 a recoil operated weapon incorporating a delayed roller locked bolt system and designed for semi-automatic fire. The cartridges are fed from a 20-round magazine. The HK 91 excels particularly because of its excellent firing accuracy. A telescopic sight with mount can easily be attached to the already existing receiving means of the Rifle HK 91.
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HECKLER & KOCH GMBH
GERMANY 72380BERNDORF/NECKAR
Loading
,- Set
\ selective fire lever at IISII = ~afe. Retract cocking lever engaging it in the recess of the cocking lever housing. Insert filled magazine into the magazine well until the magazine catch locks magazine into position. Let cocking lever snap forward.
- Disengage
Unloading
- Check
left
- Retract cocking lever. - Check to make sure whether chamber - Let cocking lever snap forward. - Disengage the safety.
- Pull the trigger. - Engage the safety.
Stripping the Rifle for Cleaning
is empty.
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Before
Stripping
- Remove
magazine.
- Unloadrifle.
- Unhook carrying sling at front eyebolt. - Removeback plate with butt stock.
assembly. assembly by means of the cocking remove the bol t to the rear. -Push cocking lever forward. the Bolt Assembly
lever and
To strip the bolt assembly grasp the bolt head carrier with one hand, rotate the bolt head with the other hand and pull it from the locking piece.
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Remove locking piece with firing pin and firing pin spring
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Rotate locking piece slightly. This will free the firing pin and firing spring which can then be removed together from the bolt head carrier.
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Care should be
- Push -
locking piece with its stud into the recess in the bolt head carrier as far as it will go and rotate approx. 900 towards the chec k Iever. Push bolt head onto the locking piece in such a manner that the
- Push bolt -
tapered surface of the bolt head stops in front of the nose of the ch eck Iever.
head against the pressure of the check lever spring as far as it wiII go. Pull the bolt head forward approx. 1/411 (approx. 5 mm) in this position. Rotate the bolt head until its base is even with the base of the bolt head carrier. of the Rifle
Re-assembling
The rifle is re-assembled in reverse sequence. Insert the reassembled bolt into the receiver. The locking rolIers must be withdrawn in the bolt head. Check the proper assembly of the rifle by pull ing back and releasing the cocking lever several times. Cleaning For cleaning, the weapon must be disassembled as stated. The barrel must be cleaned after each firing. Each shooter will duly clean his weapon if it has not been used for a longer period. For cleaning and preservation any sort of gun oil in normal commercia I usage can be used. Prior to every shooting the barrel has to be freed from oil by a clean pull-through.
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The Sights consist of the stationary front sight in the front sight holder and the rotary rear sight which is adjustable for windage and elevation. The sight cylinder with V-notch and diopter holes is graduated from 1 4. Figure "1" is the V-notch and
figures "2, 3 and 4" are the diopter holes. The settings "2, 3 and 4" correspond to the distances 200, 300 and 400 m.
Adjusting the Rotary Rear Sight of
If a re-setting is necessary, it is done on Iy by adjustment the rear sight in elevation or windage. Elevation Adjustment
Insert elevation adjustment tool in the rear sight cylinder so that the wedges of the elevation adjustment tool gear into both grooves of the rear sight cylinder. Insert cross slit screw driver into the elevation adjustment tool and depress. Turn rear sight cyl inder manually in the desired direction (at clockwise rotation the point of impact is lowered, at counter-clockwise rotation it raises 3.3 cm at 100 m per notch). After correction remove cross sl it screw driver and elevation adjustment tool. Again the catch bolts engage in the two grooves.
Elevation adjustment
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Windage
adjustment
Point of impact to the left: loosen clamping screw. Turn adiusting screw counter-clockwise as required. Re-tighten clamping screw. Point of impact to the right: loosen clamping screw. Turn adiusting screw clockwise to make necessary correction. Re-tighten clamp ing screw. Note: Each revolution of the adjusting screw moves the mean point of impact at a distance of 100 m 13.2 cm in either direction.
Specifications length of rif1e length of barrel Sight radius Weight of rifle without magazine Weight of magazine filled with 20 cartridges Telescopic sight Telescopic sight mount
Accessories
Carrying sling Rear Sight adiusting tool Telescopic sight with mount Cleaning kit
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