Thread: A word to the wise re safety!

We all can make mistakes and I made a sort-of mistake last evening.

Mrs Finnwolf and I were out after rabbits, shot one with my wee Sako 22, worked the bolt and put it into the half-cocked position and walked up to the rabbit, folded down the bipod legs to prop the rifle while I gutted the rabbit.

Due to being paddle-footed at times I knocked the rifle and tipping it downhill onto its side.

Propped the rifle back up, finished gutting the rabbit then picked up the rifle and carried on looking for more rabbits, after five or so minutes I decided to check the status of the rifle only to discover the wee bolt fully closed!!

I guess when I tipped the rifle onto its side it landed on the bolt and fully closed it, luckily with firm self imposed rule of no finger inside trigger (2lb pull) I wasn’t likely to accidentally fire the rifle but hey, ‘shit can happen’

Be careful out there people, stuff like that doesn’t always happen to ‘someone else’