Medicman
"...If with partner uncocked. Cocking a cock on open bolt is only a matter of raising and lowering bolt handle which is easily done on way to shoulder."

That is a serious mistake... The pin is now resting on a live primer, with serious force behind it. Banging the end of the pin, or perhaps the rifle could possibly ignite that primer...
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Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.