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It was really hard to Google up and image that had a NULA, and a barreled action 700 with a Shilen trigger. LOL.

I’m reaching out to Shilen and will work with them to test out my existing trigger, will be interesting to see what they find.

Jackwagon- I usually fire a warning shot to start every hunt, tends to equalize the playing field, otherwise I punch my tags to quickly. Wow.

So you decided to test your rifle for function on a loaded chamber when you had concerns and you are now defending your decision when it is pointed out to you how it wasn't the smartest move. Please don't hunt where near me.

He moved his rifle from safe to fire. I have done that in the stand a number of times. Wanted to feel it with gloved and or cold hands and see if there was any noise on a dead quiet morning. Muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Just what the hell is the matter with doing that? I am going to do the same thing when I get ready to shoot a deer.

The usual Campfire mountain-out-of-a-molehill-dogpile-meltdown.

All:

Looking for some guidance, had a scary situation last weekend while on stand with my tried and true model 700 in 308. Just so folks are aware, I had this gun built some 15+ years ago, Douglas barrel, Shilen trigger, McMillian stock . . . it's shot a lot of whitetails over the years and probably has 300-400 rounds down the tube w/o incident, great gun.

So while in my stand last weekend, before shooting light I was thinking that my Father just had his Model 700 undergo the product recall fix with the safety/trigger situation about a year ago and my mind starting thinking about that. So the long and short of it was I put my right hand on the forearm of the stock and with my index finger and thumb on the safety I pushed the safety forward into the "fire" position. No worries, gun was safely pointed away. Well the gun went bang and I know with 100% that my finger was nowhere near the trigger. Scared the crap out of me and I really don't know why I checked it in the first place.

Am interested in any thoughts, obviously I won't hunt with it until I get it checked out. But I have done no trigger adjustments or anything to the gun. Open to suggestions and wondering if anyone has had this happen to them.

Thanks!

FYI, you don’t have to test a safety with a round chambered. Do yourself a favor and sell all of your firearms and take up golf.

Your move not only blew off a round, you blew your hunting spot at least for that morning. Glad your okay! Triggers are cheap to replace for piece of mind.

He moved his rifle from safe to fire. I have done that in the stand a number of times. Wanted to feel it with gloved and or cold hands and see if there was any noise on a dead quiet morning. Muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Just what the hell is the matter with doing that? I am going to do the same thing when I get ready to shoot a deer.

I do a quick check of my rifle each morning for fit and function before loading up...I would never check a firearm for function while in the field on a hot chamber.

Your move not only blew off a round, you blew your hunting spot at least for that morning. Glad your okay! Triggers are cheap to replace for piece of mind. 😎

Paul,
Why would you want to check your safety for noise on a quiet morning while hunting? If it makes noise, you just made a metallic sound for no reason. I’d rather make the noise while I’m on an animal versus sending out a message to an unseen critter near by that a hunter is here.