RBL 28 Manual.indd - Connecticut Shotgun

Connecticut Shotgun Mfg. Co.
100 Burritt Street
New Britain, CT 06053
860-225-6581
www.connecticutshotgun.com
Galazan@msn.com
RBL - 28
Instruction Manual
Small Bore 28 Guage
28 gauge, 2 3/4” Shotgun

Reading and understanding the
instruction manual with all of its
warnings is mandatory. For any
questions or service please call
860-225-6581
IF YOUR RBL NEEDS
ADJUSTMENTS, ALTERATIONS,
OR WARRANTY WORK, IT MUST
BE SHIPPED PRE-PAID BACK TO
CONNECTICUT SHOTGUN
MFG. CO.

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RBL - 28
Standard Features
28 gauge
Choice of Barrels:
26” Skeet & Improved Cyl.
28” Modified & Full
30” Modified & Full
Traditional Game Rib
2X Premium Walnut Stock
Receiver machined from a solid billet of 86-20 steel
Bone & Charcoal Case Color
Auto ejector
Splinter forend
Flat V main springs
Opposing double bridged action
Rolled double edge trigger guard
Stock dimensions:
14 1/4” or 14 3/4” LOP, 1 1/2” Drop at Comb, 2 3/8” Drop at
Heel
Hard rubber butt plate
Classic 2 point checkering pattern
Metal grip cap
Not cast or any other unproven techniques
The RBL-28 Edition features magnificent and tasteful game
scenes of a pointer and setter designed by the world renoened
Grand Master James Demunck.
The hammers, sears and trigger feature Hard Gold a
specially developed process that adds gold plating to prevent
corrosion and titanium to prevent wear, adding years to the
life of the gun.

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.

Instructions for the
RBL - 28 Edition
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.

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
Your RBL is chambered for 28 gauge
2 ¾” 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.
MANUFACTURERS NOTE
Please exercise care when assembling forend to barrels. Failure to do so
may result in chipping of corners in forend wood in areas shown.

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.
Treat EVERY
firearm
as if it is
LOADED

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.

How to assemble your RBL
MAKE SURE GUN IS UNLOADED
PUSH FOREND BUTTON
REMOVE THE FOREARM FROM THE BARRELS
ATTACH BARRELS

LOCK BARRELS
ATTACH THE FOREARM
SECURE FOREARM

How to disassemble your RBL
REMOVE FOREARM
REMOVE BARRELS
TO PLACE THE FOREARM ON THE BARRELS

Removing Self Opener
(optional feature)
With gun fully closed, insert removal tool
Screw removal tool into assisted opening pipe
Make sure removal tool is FULLY screwed in
WHEN ASSISTED OPENING
FROM GUN, DO NOT
Failure to follow this instruction can

While holding assisted opening mechanism
in place, open top lever and remove barrels
Slide assisted opening mechanism toward chamber
Lift assisted opening mechanism upward to remove
MECHANISM IS REMOVED
UNSCREW THE REMOVAL TOOL.
cause serious injury and/or death.

Installing Self Opener
(optional feature)
Make sure removal tool is pointing upwards,
while holding at slight angle, slide assisted
opening mechanism rearwards and down.
Make sure assisted opening mechanism is
fully seated, then slide mechanism until
front pin is fully inserted in the hole in the
forend loop

While holding assisted opening mechanism in
position, open top lever and insert barrels
With barrel fully closed, unscrew the removal tool
Remove tool and store in safe place
Re-attach forend