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Women always bring up the past...

This is soooo last year, but I'll start: I always hunt with a round chamber.

makes sense..

DFTFT

....isn't this thread dead yet......?

Yes. If I have to do some serious climbing up or down a canyon wall or something I might take it out.

+1

Never have I heard a more true statement spoken!

of course.

+1

Ingwe

It's rare when I have an empty chamber while I'm hunting.....the little thingy on the side is called a safety!

Chris

Should also be a little thingy in our heads called a safety...works better for some folks than others...
Ingwe

as soon as I step into the woods, or am about to I chamber a round, unless its pitch black and I'm walking to the stand, in that case I will load the magazine but leave the chamber empty.

has anyone ever jumped an animal they are hunting and had them stand there waiting for a shot? I have, and if my gun were empty I would sure feel foolish, rather than be getting the knife out to gut him

I've been caught one time like this (and my gun was empty) was a nice buck too. Will never happen again....

The little thingy is a mechanical device...Is it not???????
Mechanical things have been known to fail!!!!!Have they not?????

Think about it!!!!!!


George

George,

Simply post your opinion on the topic. Sure things can happen. I'm still not changing how I do things. I also know how to handle a firearm. I've been around the block a few times over the past 30 years.

Chris

Those that hunt hot have not normally tried any other way, so they fail to realize that the time it takes to chamber a round will not in most cases cause them to loose the shot opportunity.

On the flipside, those that hunt with a cold chamber won't have to explain to the police why they killed their son, friend, or hunting partner because the killing of the animal was more valuable than the human life they disregarded out of ignorance, stupidity, or both.

The discussion is safety, pure and simple. No one can argue that a person carrying hot is more safe than one who does not...Period.

If you carry hot you are putting your possible trophy ahead of your life and the life of the people around you. Some folks can do that, and some cannot.

Loaded and safety on. I never touch the trigger until the rifle is up and the sights aligned.

Loaded safety on pointed in safe direction at all times... Unless I have to do some sketchy hill/rock climbing cross a fence (then I will remove the shell from the chamber).. I don't want to sneak up on find myself 50yds from an elk and have to try to quietly jack a shell into the chamber

some like to crap and then wallow in it....wondering why 32 pages wasn't enough and why JO wants to dig this up again....JO is a JO,answered myself...feel free to carry on

I chamber a round but still need to cock the firing pin on my bolt actions.The millisecond it takes I can live with, shooting a hunting partner I cannot live with and no animal is worth my partners life. I will not rely on a safety to keep my gun from firing, they have been known to fail. Just about everyone knows or has been around a gun that has gone off when it is not suppose to. My last 2 hunting partners that I went for a walk with were my kids, round chambered but firing pin not cocked,see moose simply lift handle and put back down and your ready.
I really like my marlin as all I have to do is pull the hammer back and it has that 1/2 safety thing so it is a really safe one to walk with.
My ruger #1 and my model 88's do not do that,you would have to load and rely on the safety so I do not chamber rounds unless I am by myself walking. That is just the way I do it. If my partner wants to walk with a round in the chamber and rely on the safety he can walk by himself as it is me he is going to shoot.