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PM Sharps4570 - 
Button Buck
 | | 09/08/2008 11:10 PM |
| | I have noticed in alot of the hunting shows, hunters using bolt action rifles move into position on game with one in chamber with the safety on. Most all bolt action rifles allow you to slide one in the chamber,slide bolt forward. Before closing the bolt down hold the trigger in and pointing the gun in a safe direction let the bolt down real slow. You now have one in the chamber and the gun is not cocked. When the shot presents itself all you do is lift up the bolt and push it back down to cock it. This is a much safer way to carry a gun while walking or while in a stand. | | | |
| btr568 -
Spike
Redneck Riveria,Mississippi Gulf Coast
| | 09/09/2008 8:27 PM |
| | Just my 2c's,that's usually on paid/guided hunts way out west or on the tundra.Here in the East/South,most of the time you'd never get a chance to do what they are doing and get a shot at a whitetail or hog. | | | |
| PM Sharps4570 -
Button Buck
| | 09/09/2008 9:55 PM |
| | I grew up hunting Montana and found that walking for elk, muley's or sitting for whitetails, it is very easy to quietly lift up on the bolt then close it cocking the rifle. Never missed a chance at any of them because of this safer way to carry a bolt action rifle. I guided elk In Montana and we instructed all our clients to do the same, especially because most of the time they were walking behind me. | | | |
| tubby -
Record Book
Moundville,Alabama
| | 09/10/2008 1:08 PM |
| No offense intended but hunting elk and white tail are very different.I always load my rifle on the way to and from my stand for a couple of reasons,#1 where I hunt 95% 0f the time shots are less than 100 yds and can disappear very quickly.#2 lots of coyotes.
Don't get me wrong I am very big on safety,always checking and double checking the safety on my gun/where it's pointed and never climbing into a stand or going through any place with a possiblity of a fall with a loaded firearm.
I can also understand your veiw as a guide. | |
Tubby
The God of My Rock;He Is My Sheild;And The Horn Of My Salvation 2 Samuuel,Ch 22 | |
| PM Sharps4570 -
Button Buck
| | 09/11/2008 9:57 PM |
| | Tubby, I understand what you are talking about. I now live in Wisconsin and understand the less than 100 yard shot and coyote problem. With the way I am talking about, there is a shell in the chamber but the gun isn't cocked. As fast as it takes to bring the gun up, make sure of what you are shooting and beyond it, you can lift up on the bolt and shut it back down just as fast as taking it off safety once you are on target. Give it a try the nest time you are handling your rifle try it without a shell in it, you might be surprised. Also this is a very safe way to get into your stand also. Archery season opens this weekend in Wisconsin so I will be using the stick and string. Good luck on your upcoming seasons and may god bless. | | | |
| mike243 -
Button Buck
| | 09/21/2008 2:36 PM |
| | be advised that that practice is very unsafe,when you let the firing pin down onto the primer if the gun was dropped you stand a bigger chance of the rifle firing,the saftey is pretty much fool proof & the only other safe way is to leave the chamber unloaded with the clip loaded,mike243 | | | |
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