Thread: Half cock or safety

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The only safe gun has an empty chamber. Hunt with an empty chamber and learn how to load a round silently and quickly once game is close. Then stalk in to the shot with safety on or 'Half open Bolt' cupped between thumb and fore-finger.
As the old adage goes ' All the deer ever bred, dont make up for one man dead'

Oh boy oh boy have I got a senario for you...... I play this one out on regular basis witH new shooters
I will open rifle and demonstrate it is empty and lean it up against tree then turn back walk a few yards away and take a leak..while Im attending to this ,my brother in law reloads rifle and puts it back in same place...I zip up turn around,pick up rifle which I "KNOW" is empty and say loudly"this has an empty chamber I can point it where ever I like and pull trigger its safe,then point in safe direction and pull trigger..the more folks yell and argue its loaded,the more I push back..."I just fuckin unloaded it ,its safe"...BOOM

THEN say...."and that is why you ALWAYS treat every firearm as loaded at all times"
broken open/bolt removed is safe......anything else is treated as hot to trot untill physically rechecked.