AUTOLOADING HUNTING RIFLE version ”VEPR” cal. 7,62х39 CERTIFICATE СОК-94

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The certificate contains description of the rifle design, operation princi-ple, its technical characteristics, and as well the information that is neces-sary for proper operation.

Design, operation principle, technical data of the optical sight are given in the certificate for optical sight.

Some design changes of the rifle may be not reflected in the certificate because the rifle is being improved constantly.

1 GENERAL INDICATIONS 1.1 Prior to service, it is necessary to get thoroughly acquainted with the

certificate and study the rifle design. It is necessary to pay a great attention to safety precautions.

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1.2 For firing from the rifle hunting cartridges in 7,62x39 caliber should be used.

1.3 To avoid the striker breakage, it is prohibited to make blank shots without any necessity.

1.4 To put the rifle into operation, it is necessary to depressive it that it is to release the rifle, accessories and tools, remove a protective lubricant, check up a complete set and make sure that the rifle is in proper order.

1.5 Upon depreservation the inhibited paper should be obliterated on the specialized firing grounds of the hard domestic waste. CAUTION! IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO USE PAPER FOR FOLDING UP THE FOOD-STUFFS, PERSONAL TACKLES AND SO ON.

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2 PURPOSE

Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” in 7,62x39 caliber for hunting cartridge 7,62x39 is intended for getting objects of animal world in the dis-tricts with temperate and cold climate with an ambient air temperature of -50º to +50º C.

Figure 1 – Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” in 7,62x39 caliber, СОК-94-07

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3 TECHNICAL DATA Caliber, mm Magazine capacity, cartridges Effective range, m Weight of the rifle with 10-round magazine (without optical sight, accessories cover with sling), kg, not exceeding Overall dimensions, mm, not exceeding: - length - width - height Barrel length, mm, not exceeding Muzzle velocity, m/sec: for cartridge 7,62x39-8 for cartridge 7,62x39-9,7

7,62 2, 5,10

till 300

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935,1035,1105 75

200 420,520,590

740 650

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4 STANDARD EQUIPMENT No. Description Quantity Remarks 1 Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” cal. 7,62x39

СОК-94-07 (barrel length 420 mm, sight on order) or

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Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” cal. 7,62x39 СОК-94-05 (barrel length 520 mm, sight on order) or

Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” cal. 7,62x39 СОК-94-06 (barrel length 590 mm, sight on order)

2 5-round magazine 1 3 10-round magazine 1 4 Cleaning rod 1 5 Accessories in case, including: 1

5.1 Case body 1 5.2 Case cap 1

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Continuation

No. Description Quantity Remarks 5.3 5.4 5.55.6

Screwdriver Scourer Drift Bore brush

1 1 1 1

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Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” in 7,62x39 cali-ber. Certificate

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7 Cardboard box 1 Articles delivered to order 8 2-round small magazine 9 5-round magazine

10 10-round magazine

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5 DESIGN AND PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF RIFLE

Autoloading hunting rifle version “VEPR” in 7,62x39 caliber for hunting cartridge 7,62x39 consists of the following assembly units (fig. 2).

There is the base for fastening the mount of the optical sight on the re-ceiver.

To improve the rifle longevity and corrosion stability the barrel bore and chamber are chrome-plated.

The rifle is reloaded automatically due to the energy of the powder gases escaping from the barrel bore to the gas cylinder during firing and the energy of the return spring.

The barrel bore is locked by two locking lugs while the bolt turning around its axis by means of the sliding bolt support.

The trigger and firing mechanism of a hammer type makes it possible to fire a single shot and set the rifle at a safe.

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The iron sighting device and an optical sight make it possible to deliver an aimed fire at the ranges of up to 300 m.

Attached to the mount is the optical sight construction of which makes it possible to deliver firing with an open sight in place.

The principle of operation of the rifle is described below: when the bolt carrier together with the bolt moves forward under the action of recoil spring, the cartridge from the magazine is being sent to the chamber. With turning of the bolt, the barrel bore is being locked, the hammer is on the trigger hook, the extractor springs behind the rim of the cartridge case.

When the trigger is pulled, the hammer released by the trigger hook and pushed by its spring rotates and hits the firing pin which strikes the cartridge primer causing the fire.

During recoil of the bolt carrier together with the bolt backwards due to the energy of powder gases the barrel bore gets open, the case

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leaves the chamber and interacting with the reflector lug ejects from the receiver, the hammer turns about and gets engaged with sear. When the trigger is released, the hammer is disengaged from the sear and the trigger hook catches it. When the trigger is pressed once again the cycle is repeated.

6 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS The rifle design provides safe functioning when using hunting cartridges

7,62x39 and its proper operation. To ensure the rifle safety it is necessary to follow such safety precautions: - always regard the rifle as if it is loaded; - never level the rifle at human targets or domestic animals; - do not lean upon the rifle; - remember that the firing range is about 3 km long;

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- having taken the rifle into the hands make sure that there are no car-tridges in the magazine and chamber, for this purpose detach the magazine, retract the bolt carrier backwards and inspect the magazine and cartridge chamber;

- prior to loading the rifle, check to see that the barrel bore and chamber are free from strange objects;

- do not open the bolt after misfire till expiration of 5 seconds because of the danger of the slow shot;

- always keep the rifle with engaged safety device to avoid an accidental shot;

- unload the rifle when coming up to the settlement, halt place, before boarding travel facilities;

- keep the rifle and cartridges separately from each other in the places which are not accessible for children and other unauthorized persons;

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- do not use home-made and self-equipped cartridges for firing to avoid rifle destruction.

When arising any delay during firing, proceed as follows: - detach the magazine; - remove the faulty cartridge (or) cartridge case from the receiver and bar-

rel; - retract bolt carrier to the rear position and visually inspect the barrel bore; - remove foreign matter from the barrel bore; - perform partial disassembly of the rifle and inspect the parts and as-

sembly units; - assemble the rifle and check all the parts and mechanisms for proper

operation not using live cartridges (is allowed to use dummy cartridges); - check the rifle for proper functioning during firing observing the

operating rules.

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7 PREPARATION AND OPERATION ORDER 7.1 Preparation of the rifle for operation To prepare the rifle for operation, proceed as follows: - wipe dry the barrel bore and chamber if oiling and scale are available

there; - inspect the optical sight. If the soiling would be discovered on the sur-

face of the ocular lens and objective remove it with a flannel cloth; - attach the sight to the rifle. For this purpose, turn the mount handle

through 180º so that the handle end is positioned in the direction of the ocu-lar. Then fit the sight mount on the base lug of the receiver as far as it will go and turn the handle backwards;

- check the optical sight mount for proper fastening rocking the sight with hand in the side direction. If rocking is available, remove the handle

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latch and replace the handle in one tooth clockwise until the rocking of the sight is removed, after that set the latch;

- check the tightness of the optical sight mount screws; - check the tightness of the swivel screw and tighten it if necessary; - perform lubrication of the magazine friction surfaces. Now the rifle is ready for fire. 7.2 Operation order 7.2.1 Engagement and disengagement of the safety lock. 7.2.1.1 Engage the safety lock - move the shield of the safety lock up-

wards into "Safe" position. The trigger is blocked. 7.2.1.2 Disengage the safety lock - move the safety lock shield down-

wards into "Fire" position. 7.2.2 Loading the rifle and firing: - engage the safety lock;

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- press the magazine latch, moving downward and forward detach the magazine from the rifle;

- load the magazine with cartridges: put the cartridges by turns under the magazine rims moving each until it rests upon the rear wall of the maga-zine;

- attach the loaded magazine to the rifle; - disengage the safety lock; - draw the moving parts all the way back and sharply release them. Set the open sighting device into the position which conforms to the fir-

ing distance (the position "1" of the sight leaf slide conforms to the distance in 100 m, the position “2” and "3"- correspondingly to 200 and 300 m).

Take aim, press the trigger. To fire the next shot release the trigger and then press it again. When there are no cartridges in the magazine, the moving parts will re-

main in the front position. Change the magazine, retract the moving parts all the way back and re-

lease.

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The rifle is loaded and prepared for firing 7.2.3 Unloading the rifle: - engage the safety lock; - detach the magazine; - disengage the safety lock; - retract the moving parts backwards and extract the cartridge from

the chamber; - send on the moving parts into the front position; - press the trigger; - engage the safety lock; - release the magazine from the cartridges;

- attach the magazine to the rifle.

8 MAINTENANCE 8.1 Maintenance in Service 8.1.1 Incomplete stripping

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Incomplete stripping is performed for inspection, cleaning and lubrica-tion after firing.

To perform incomplete stripping of the rifle, proceed as follows: 1) make sure that the rifle is not loaded. For this purpose, detach the

magazine, disengage the safety lock, retract the moving parts by the carrier handle backwards, inspect the chamber. Make sure that there is no car-tridge in the chamber and send on the moving parts to the front position;

2) detach the mount with optical sight (if it is set on the rifle), for this purpose turn the mount handle of the optical sight through 180º counter clockwise, by backward movement (in the direction of the butt) remove the mount from the receiver base;

3) detach the receiver cover and recoil mechanism, for that take the rear part of the cover with the right hand and having depressed the recoil mechanism lug draw the cover upwards and by backward movement detach the cover from the rifle then detach the recoil mechanism;

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4) detach the bolt carrier together with the bolt. For this purpose, it is necessary to retract the bolt carrier all the way back and by upward move-ment remove it together with the bolt from the receiver guides;

5) detach the bolt from the bolt carrier. Holding the bolt with bolt carrier in the left hand, with the right hand turn the bolt by the head counter clock-wise until the bolt rhomb disengages from the bolt carrier figured slot. Ex-tract the bolt from the bolt carrier slot;

6) detach the gas tube. For this purpose, it is necessary to press (in the direction from the barrel) the pin pen of gas tube by means of the case or without it and turn the pin upwards. The forearm is removed only in case of extreme need for cleaning and repairs. For this purpose, use a screwdriver to unscrew the sling swivel screw;

R E M A R K: In case of the tight detaching the forearm or gas tube, it is recommended to use case body.

7) To strip the bolt, proceed as follows (fig.3):

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1-firing pin; 2-bushing; 3-firing pin spring; 4-bolt; 5- firing pin lockpin; 6-ejector with spring; 7-extractor pin

Figure 3 - Component parts of the bolt

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a) push out the firing pin lockpin by the drift and extract the firing pin, bushing and firing pin spring from the bolt hole;

b) push out the extractor axle by the drift; c) pressing the extractor hook with the thumb of the right hand and

holding it back with the index finger evoke the extractor with spring from the bolt slot;

8) To assemble the bolt, proceed as follows (fig.3): a) insert the extractor with spring into the bolt slot; b) keeping the bolt in the left hand put the extractor head part to

some support; c) having pressed the extractor insert the extractor axle into the hole

under the leading lug of the bolt so that the pin recess is faced to the cylin-drical part of the bolt;

d) holding back the bolt by the leading lug upwards and with cylindrical part to yourself insert the firing pin into the bolt hole by the large recess to the left having assembled it beforehand together with the bushing and firing pin spring;

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e) insert the firing pin lockpin into the bolt hole from the side of the lead-ing lug and move it as far as it will go.

R E M A R K: In case of the tight inserting the extractor pin into the hole, it is necessary to press the rear part of the extractor with the finger of the hand holding the bolt and pressing simultaneously the extractor.

When disassembling and assembling the article NEVER APPLY extra forces to avoid the deformation of the parts and assemblies.

8.1.2 Cleaning and lubrication Cleaning of the rifle is performed with the help of the accessories at-

tached to the rifle after firing immediately not later than six hours after the fire is ceased. When cleaning is impossible, it is necessary to lubricate the barrel bore with cartridge chamber, the inner part of the gas chamber but not later than 24 hours. In winter, cleaning is performed in the closed prem-ises where the t° of an ambient air is 20±5ºC. Prior to cleaning the rifle in-doors, it is necessary to warm up the rifle to the room temperature. For cleaning the barrel bore and chamber use the clean soft cloth (rags, tow)

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free of sand and other hard parts. Cleaning is performed in the following or-der:

1) Lubricate the barrel bore and cartridge chamber by the slush brush, moistened in the rifle lubricant “РЖ”, “ВО” or “KPM”.

2) Wipe the barrel bore dry by the scourer with the wiping material wound tight round it.

3) Repeat the process of lubrication and wiping 8-10 times up to the to-tal removal of the scale (tested by inspection of the barrel bore).

4) After cleaning lubricate the barrel bore and cartridge chamber with clean lubricant “РЖ”, “BO” or “KPM” (see the table 1).

To provide normal operation of the rifle, proceed as follows: - remove in time the scale from the gas chamber, gas tube and from

the gas piston of the bolt carrier; - check periodically the tightening of the swivel screw and when releas-

ing tighten it up in proper time.

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Table 1 Lubricating materials

When the tem-perature is from

273 to 223 K (from 0 to -50ºC)

When the tem-perature from 273 to 323 K

(from 0 to +50ºC)

Places to be lubricated

Method of applying lubricating materials

Rifle lubricant “РЖ” Rifle lubricant “KPM”

Rifle lubricant “РЖ”, or “BO” Rifle lubricant “KPM”

The barrel bore

The bolt, bolt carrier, guides of the receiver, magazine

Lubricate the barrel bore by the slush brush from the side of the muzzle end having moistened the slush brush in the rifle lubricant (2-3 double cleaning rod stroke at full length of the barrel). Wipe the parts with wiping material moistened before-hand in the rifle lubricant and wrung.

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- remove the scale periodically from the follower surface and from the inner cavity of the magazine body, after that apply a thin layer of the lubri-cant on the friction surfaces of the magazine parts. Perform lubrication depending on the temperature conditions according to the table 1. It is inadmissible getting thick of the lubricant in the bolt hole under the firing pin, in the socket under the extractor and on the mainspring.

8.2 Zeroing the rifle with use of the open sighting device When it is necessary, the adjustment of firing precision is performed by

travel of the foresight bracket or windage slide to the right-and-left (if shifting of the windage slide is stipulated by the design) and by rotation of the fore-sight up-and-down.

When shifting the foresight bracket by 1 mm or windage slide at division “1”, the mean point of impact shifts by 200 mm, One full turn of foresight moves the mean point of impact by 150 mm. Fire for adjustment is performed at a range of 100 m.

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8.3 Zeroing the optical sight The optical sight is zeroed by firing at a range of 100 m, the

drum scales are set at division “0”. In case of unsatisfactory results, it is necessary to zero the optical sight again with use of the open sighting de-vice, for which purpose: 1) set the slide of the open sighting device at division “1” of the sight leaf; 2) put the rifle on the rest and lay it with use of the open sighting device at the target, which is at the distance of 100 m; 3) check the position of the optical sight sighting sign relative to the aiming point, if they do not coincide, it is necessary to match them by rota-tion of knobs not shifting, in doing so the rifle; 4) check the laying of sights by firing. If the deviation of hits from the aiming point is unsatisfactory, bring the corrections by rotation of knobs (one large division of knob scales should correspond 1 mil) then set the drum scales at division “0”. For this purpose, release carefully the screws for fastening scales, coincide the division “0” of the deflection correction drum scales and the division “0” of the range drum scales with the station-

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ary indicators on the sight body, tighten the screws for fastening the scales. In that case, the rotation of knobs is not allowed.

If it is necessary to zero the optical sight at the other ranges, zeroing should be performed by rotation of the range drum. Mark notches corre-sponding to the ranges on the range scale against the indicator, then the scale point meanings enter the table 2. Table 2

Range, m 100 200 300 Scale point

8.4 Maintenance in Storage

To keep the rifle in a ready-to-fire position it should be always cleaned and lubricated with a thin layer of the rifle lubricant.

The rifle should be stored in the dry premises without sharp fluctuation of the temperature, far from heating devices and in the lack of aggressive admixtures in the air.

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The trigger is to be pulled to avoid the appearance of the residual de-formation of the mainspring.

9 PRESERVATION

Date Name of operation Term of operation

Position, name, signature

preserved 36 months packer

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10 PACKING CERTIFICATE

Autoloading hunting rif le version “VEPR” in 7,62x39 cali-ber, СОК-94-07 , factory No. ____________________is packed at the “Molot-Oruzhie Ltd” in full compliance with the approved technical documen-tation.

packer_________ _____________________ ______________________

position signature year, month, date

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11 ACCEPTANCE CERTIFICATE Autoloading hunting rif le version “VEPR” in 7,62x39 cali-

ber, СОК-94-07, factory No._____________________ is manufactured at the “Molot-Oruzhie Ltd” in full compliance with the approved technical documentation and found fit for service, tested on safety and in conformity with safety requirements.

Manufacture date _______________________

Signature of person in charge of acceptance __________________

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CONTENTS

1 General indications 3 2 Purpose 5 3 Technical Data 6 4 Standard Equipment 7 5 Design and Principle of Operation of rifle 9 6 Safety Precautions 11 7 Preparation and Operation Order 13 8 Maintenance 17

9 Preservation 28 10 Packing Certificate 29 11 Acceptance Certificate 30