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This was a tragedy and reminder that mechanical things can fail. Also was a reminder of why I never have a loaded chamber.We always carry with the rifle chamber empty. A few years ago around here a father and pair of kids were riding in their jeep hunting. Rifle was sitting in the seat next to the driver with the barrel resting on the floor board. Jeep hit a rut pretty dang hard, safely failed, rifle went off, ricocheted off the steel floor board and killed the young boy in the back seat. I never count on a safety. Safety is a mechanical mechanism and a mechanical mechanism can fail at any moment.
My handgun is in a holster on my belt. The holster prevents access to the trigger. My only hunting handgun is a Ruger GP100 .357.That’s what most people seem to say, but why? It’s way more dangerous than carrying a long gun with one in the chamber IMO.
Slingshot- locked and loaded...Spitwad ALWAYS!This is the exact reason i only choose rifles with a 3 position safety and locking bolt. A rifle without a round chambered is of no more use to me than a walking stick.
1Always surprised how the earth can be loaded with so many ignorant and ridiculously stupid people.If your Mom’s phone number turned into money, how much money would you have?
I don’t remember writing this, but it’s awesome.Always surprised how the earth can be loaded with so many ignorant and ridiculously stupid people.If your Mom’s phone number turned into money, how much money would you have?
The problem, of course, is the Mauser military striker safety is not compatible with a scope. Same with my Springfield. What made those safeties so reliable was the fearce spring loaded tension applied to the safety shaft. Aftermarket scope relief striker wing safeties typically don't have that kind of tension. Without it pressure on the bolt handle MAY disengage the safety and allow the bolt to open or gun might discharge accidentally. This was an issue with my sporterized Springfield for almost sixty years.All I know is that I find it rather ridiculous that Peter Paul Mauser's original 1898 design could not discharge accidentally even if the firing pin broke in two but that my new Remington 700 is about as drop-safe as a WWII Japanese Nambu pistol. Some modern sporting rifles have a safety that is little more than a trigger block and they are definately not drop safe.
That's why I'm a big fan of the 3-position safety like a Mauser or Ruger (A) for safety and (B) to lock the bolt closed. With both the Remington 700 and the Savage 111 carried on the sling, more than once I've looked down to find the bolt hanging completely open.