Any one hunt cold in a single shot? I hunt hot as well in my Ruger No.1s. However, I also know how to check my safety. If it's not safe with the safety, it has no business being out on the hunt in the first place.
I carry my #1s empty nearly all the time. When I begin the stalk, that's when one goes in the pipe. Last moose I shot with a #1 had us looking each other in the eye while I "thunked" one in the tube. 'Course, at under 50 yards, I knew I had plenty of time to beat him even if he made a run for it.
I think more people would choose otherwise if they studied the mechanics of their weapons and knew what their safeties did - or didn't do. Simply blocking the trigger - as many "safeties" do- is often relatively meaningless.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
