Does anyone hunt with an unloaded muzzleloader until they sight an animal?
That's kind of comparing apples to oranges. I can load a round from the magazine in about one second. Takes me considerably longer with my muzzlestuffers.
Mechanical safeties can and sometimes do fail and to rely on them is to accept a certain amount of risk. When hunting non-dangerous game it is a risk I often choose not to accept.
Human safeties are even less reliable. People can and do make mistakes - and rather frequently. In my experience people who suggest they are error free in their gun handling are simply wrong.
This is not to say I don't hunt with a round in the chamber. as sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. But I don't ignore the additional risk when doing so.
No one has ever been shot with an EMPTY chamber - intentionally OR accidently. Many people have been shot with a LOADED chamber � intentionally AND accidently.
Not trying to tell anyone what to do, just pointing out some facts.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
