Instructions for the RBL - 12 & RBL - 16
Caution: Always keep the muzzles pointed in a safe direction.
Prior to using live ammunition, familiarize yourself thoroughly with these operating instructions.
Know the forces required to operate the action, to pull the trigger and above all, KNOW THE LOCATION OF THE SAFETY.
On this shotgun the safety is positioned on the upper tang and is operated with one’s thumb. The safety is in the “on” position when drawn to the rear exposing the word “SAFE” which is engraved in the upper tang. When the safety is pushed forward covering the word “SAFE” the shotgun is ready to fire. Your RBL is equipped with an automatic safety, the safety will move to the “on” position each time the breech is opened.
RBL - 12™
Standard Features
▪ Specially engineered 12 gauge Frame
▪ Choice of Barrel length with 5 TruLock Choke Tubes: 26”, 28”, 30”, 32”
▪ Raised Rib
▪ 2X Premium Walnut
▪ Receiver machined from a solid billet of 86-20 steel
▪ Bone and Charcoal case color
▪ Splinter Forend
▪ Flat V Main Springs
▪ Opposing Double Bridge Action
▪ Connecticut Shotgun name & quality
▪ Steel Shot Compatible
▪ Hard Gold
▪ Tuffbore Coated
▪ Cryopattern
▪ 3” Magnum
▪ Double Rolled Edge Trigger Guard
▪ Stock Dimensions: 14 1/4” & 14 3/4” LOP
1 1/2” Drop at Comb 2 3/8” Drop at Heel
▪ Each gun comes with 2 Proprietary Quick Change Recoil Pads in 2 different lengths
▪ Classic 2 Point Checkering Pattern
▪ Metal Grip Cap on Pistol Grip with long tang trigger guard stocked to cap
▪ Cased in high quality dual handle impact case
RBL - 16™
Standard Features
▪ Specially engineered 16 gauge frame
▪ 29” Mod/Full (chokes opened upon request)
▪ 2X Premium Walnut
▪ Receiver machined from a solid billet of 86-20 steel
▪ Bone and Charcoal case color
▪ Splinter Forend
▪ Flat V Main Springs
▪ Opposing Double Bridge Action
▪ Connecticut Shotgun name & quality
▪ Steel Shot Compatible
▪ Hard Gold
▪ Tuffbore Coated
▪ Cryopattern
▪ Double Rolled Edge Trigger Guard
▪ Stock Dimensions: 14 1/4” & 14 3/4” LOP 1 1/2” Drop at Comb 2 3/8” Drop at Heel
▪ Each gun comes with 2 Proprietary Quick Change Recoil Pads in 2 different Lengths
▪ Classic 2 Point Checkering Pattern
▪ Metal Grip Cap on Pistol Grip with long tang trigger guard stocked to cap
▪ Cased in high quality dual handle impact case
WARNING
Enclosed are warnings that pertain to each state as of April 1, 2006 Certain States require by law that their own specified warning notices in larger than normal type be conspicuously included by the manufacturer, distributor, or retail dealer with firearms sold in that state.
California
“Children are attracted to and can operate firearms that can cause sever injuries or death. Prevent child access by always keeping guns locked away and unloaded when not in use. If you keep a loaded firearm where a child obtains and improperly uses it, you can be fined or sent to prison.”
Connecticut
“UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A LOADED FIREARM MAY RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT OR FINE.”
Florida
“IT IS UNLAWFUL, AND PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT AND FINE, FOR ANY ADULT TO STORE OR LEAVE A FIREARM IN ANY PLACE WITHIN REACH OR EASY ACCESS OF A MINOR UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE OR TO KNOWINGLY SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM TO A MINOR OR A PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND.”
Maine
“ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IS A CRIME. IF YOU LEAVE A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A CHILD, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO
FINE, IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH. KEEP FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION SEPARATE. KEEP FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION LOCKED UP. USE TRIGGER LOCKS.”
Maryland
“WARNING: Children can operate firearms which may cause death or serious injury. It is a crime to store or leave a loaded firearm in any location where an individual knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would gain access to the firearm. Store your firearm responsibly!”
Massachusetts
“WARNING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY
GENERAL: This handgun/rifle is not equipped with a device that fully blocks use by unauthorized users. More than 200,000 firearms like this one are stolen from their owners every year in the United States. In addition, there are more than a thousand suicides each year by younger children and teenagers who get access to firearms. Hundreds more die from accidental discharge. It is likely that many more children sustain serious wounds, or inflict such wounds accidentally on others. In order to limit the chance of such misuse, it is imperative that you keep this weapon locked in a secure place and take other steps necessary to limit the possibility of theft or accident. Failure to take reasonable preventive steps may result in innocent lives being lose, and in some circumstances may result in your liability for these deaths.”
“IT IS UNLAWFUL TO STORE OR KEEP A FIREARM, RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR MACHINE GUN IN ANY PLACE UNLESS THAT WEAPON IS EQUIPPED WITH A TAMPER-RESISTANT SAFETY DEVICE OR IS STORED OR KEPT IN A SECURELY LOCKED CONTAINER.”
New Jersey
“IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A MINOR.”
New York City
“THE USE OF A LOCKING DEVICE OR SAFETY LOCK IS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF RESPONSIBLE WEAPONS STORAGE. ALL WEAPONS SHOULD BE STORED UNLOADED AND LOCKED IN A LOCATION THAT IS BOTH SEPARATE FROM THEIR AMMUNITION AND INACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN AND OTHER UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.”
North Carolina
“IT IS UNLAWFUL TO STORE OR LEAVE A FIREARM THAT CAN BE DISCHARGED IN A MANNER THAT A REASONABLE PERSON SHOULD KNOW IS ACCESSIBLE TO A MINOR.”
Texas
“IT IS UNLAWFUL TO STORE, TRANSPORT, OR ABANDON AN UNSECURED FIREARM IN A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO BE AND CAN OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE FIREARM.”
Wisconsin
“If you leave a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a child you may be fined or imprisoned or both if the child improperly discharges, possesses or exhibits the firearm.
Safety Warning:
Failure to obey a safety warning may result in injury to you, to others, or to the product.
CAUTION
Attention to the direction the opening breach is pointed is critical. Guns equipped with automatic ejectors will propel empty shells with surprising force which can strike an eye or the face. To empty the fired shells, press top lever to right, press downward on the barrels. The discharged shells will eject.
AMMUNITION
12 Gauge RBL’s are chambered for 3” ammunition only and is intended for use with standard ammunition.
16 Gauge RBL’s are chambered for 2 3/4” ammunition only and is intended for use with standard ammunition.
We do not recommend reloads of any kind.
REPAIR
The only people qualified to work on this gun is CSMC. The gun is specially marked so the company knows if the gun has been worked on by anyone other than CSMC. Any outside work on this gun voids warranty and all CSMC responsibility.
How to Care for your RBL
Protect your gun with good gun care products. Give it regular attention, and it will provide you with many years of shooting fun.
Important – Clean inside of the barrels and chambers to remove all grease and other possible obstructions before firing your RBL.
Remember – Rust is neglect – Make sure all exposed metal surfaces are coated with a film of oil. After being subjected to damp weather, thoroughly wipe out the bore, and wipe off all exposed metal surfaces. Then apply a new film of light oil.
The action of you RBL has been lubricated with a light gun oil. Gun care products featuring these qualities are commercially available in spray can applicators. When lubrication is deemed necessary, we recommend a light application of the spray through the firing pin and cocking lever holes in the frame, with the barrels detached and with both hammers cocked.
Conventional protective oil or grease may be applied to the exposed external metal surfaces of your RBL when the gun is to be stored for any lengthy period, BUT THESE TYPES OF LUBRICANTS SHOULD NEVER BE UTILIZED IN THE ACTION, AS SLUGGISH OPERATION OR DOUBLING IS APT TO RESULT.
Installing or changing screw in choke: (Standard on 12ga. Only)
MAKE SURE GUN IS UNLOADED
1. Make sure the choke threads are cleaned and lightly oiled on both the choke tube and inside the barrels.
2. Make sure the barrels are off the gun, or the action is partially opened.
3. Start threading the choke tube into the barrel carefully by hand. Be careful not to cross thread.
4. After the thread is started use the special supplied friction choke tube wrench, make sure the tube is fully bottomed and even with the barrel.
The choke tubes are stamped, Full, IM, M, CYL, Skeet.
Use open chokes for steel shot
Be sure to remove the choke tube wrench before shooting. Do not fire rifle or sabot slugs through this gun. Never fire the gun without the choke tubes being in place. Do not look into the muzzle or change choke tubes on a loaded gun.
BEFORE LOADING
– Place the safety “on” and select the barrel you wish to fire first by pushing the gold shift lever button in the trigger to the right to fire the right barrel first and to the left for the left barrel. A second pull of the trigger will fire the other barrel.
TO LOAD
– Place the safety in the “on” position. Push the top lever to the right to unlock the breech. Push down on the barrels to open the action. As desired, insert a shell into the chamber of the barrel chosen to be fired first or both.
TO FIRE
– Firmly shoulder the gun. Push the safety forward to the “off” position and when on target pull the trigger. The second barrel may be fired by simply releasing and pulling the trigger again.
TO UNLOAD OR TO REMOVE THE FIRED SHELLS
– The RBL will briskly eject the fired shells and will extract unfired shells far enough to permit easy removal by hand. Push the safety to the “on” position. To avoid being struck by an ejected fired case, direct the breech end of the barrels away from you before opening the action.
When through shooting always put the safety “on”.
NEVER STORE A LOADED GUN.
