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His advice is bullschit.

I'd have to agree.

If that "adult nephew" had his safety on and knew how to control his muzzle, his Uncle would still be alive. The nephew is a fuggin moron.

Not only be aware of your muzzle, don’t be aloof to other muzzles

I’d have yelled HEY YOU DUMB MOTHRFCKER first time I got swept

I do get a laugh out of all these deer hunters that walk around hot chamber with their thumb on the safety. LOL

Like they’re in Fallejuah or some schit.

That might make me flinch. Then, BOOOM!!

Sorry slumload…let me get your face for you. Lol

TFF

I've had two accidental discharges in my lifetime. One was Remington's fault (I sold that rifle before firing it again) and one was my fault. Both times the rifles were pointed in a safe direction. But if crossing something with risky footing, I unload the chamber.

An Appy (apprentice professionsl hunter) I knew in Zimbabwe had his arm blown off at the elbow by a $20,000 .500 Nitro Express double rifle. It turns out that most such rifles will fire if you drop them on their butt with rounds in the chamber. I don't know about American shotguns.

Man sheeit

I was zipping through hardwoods late yesterday one hand on the thumb throttle

Other hand holding a hot 6.5 norma, rifle up, buttstock on the fuel tank

Never know when crazy drunk love buck will just be standing 5 yards inside the tree line

Had one of those happen this year. A friend was putting the stock on an antelope buck. He was the shooter so grandson and I to the rear. Friend raised the rifle and took the safety off his 700 ADL and it discharged at his feet. Not being a great fan of the trigger on 700's, it could have been a dirt in the trigger mechanism as it had never been cleaned in 40 years.

And for those questioning bolt up, I have never owned a gun that the bolt would close on its own. Having in excess of 50 clients, never had an incident.

Spot on.

But everybody will coddle the nephew as they don't want him to spend the rest of his thinking he killed his Uncle.

Schiett. So the gun had no safety on.
Was the nephew in their will or was he banging his aunty?

I wedge a piece of corn between the trigger guard and trigger and I ain’t dead yet.

Y'all carry and hunt any way you want...

I am either cold chamber... or bolt up hot.

Was the safety on or off?

When I carry bolt up I wedge a piece or corn between the bolt handle and the stock so it can’t fall down.


I know stuff.

I heard sweet corn works best.

My bolts are all positive and firm, but I guess I could see that if they were "loose".

I almost never use a safety on anything any more... I guess I would if I was in a duck blind with other people.

This was also the common practice when I hunted in Africa. Muzzle control and bolt up on a live chamber.