I have never killed a Buffalo, lion or elephant with an empty rifle and I am always loaded in the chamber in the African bush..I always carry a round in the chamber when actually hunting. You will not get a shot on many ocassions with a round not in the chamber, you will be a stumbling, fumbling, dork trying to load a rifle in a tight spot or on a disapearing animal..ONly on national TV and apparantly the internet can everyone sit and talk and wait and load before they take that broadside perfect shot..Where I hunt its a bit more hectic than that..You have a window of opertunity and you had better take advantage of it...A gun pointed at nobody is a safe gun.
Never loaded in the camp, home, car, or in the saddle scabbard.
common since should be a perfect guide but I see from 42 posts this has not been the case.
In the right situation and with the right game not only will you not get a shell chambered you�ll be dead. I�m no snack.
