Thread: Media Firearms beat-up continues

Originally Posted by Natatale

Hmm still not getting the point, don't care about military training, been there done that and I know what you are on about.
But how many of the wantabee shooters get hold of a sks and a 100 rounds and haven't a clue of ANY form of training, only 1 hour of a safety talk that got them their FAL.
I would love to see 1/2 a day on a range as part of the FAL process in place of the 1 hour safety talk. Surely that's got to help ???

No I don't think you do.
My first centrefire WAS an SKS, long before I had any military training. The Mountain Safety Instructor made it very clear to us that a semi auto could be just as safe as any other gun, you just have to always remember that another round is loaded after you fire it. It is also very easy to check the chamber in an SKS (or SLR) and see if you have a round in the chamber or magazine. Very simple safety also. NEVER had an incident...
The Mountain Safety Instructor also warned us about tube magazines. Much more dangerous as they require a more work to check properly. I know of several untended discharges with tube fed firearms. Some bolt actions are also harder to check.