Everything you said is true. And 100% irrelevant to the main point I was making which seems to have gone undetected. So I'll repeat it:
Originally Posted by smokepole
But the main difference is, if you're bird hunting with an unloaded shotgun and a bird flushes, you're not getting a shot. So if you bird hunt with an empty chamber you may as well stay home.
Not true with big game and a rifle.
Trying to chamber a round when you're 30 -50 feet from a deer ain't the best thing to insure success either. Einstein.
And you know it cannot be done regularly because you have never tried?
Having shot a number of deer in NY. I happen to know it can be done easily.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
