I probably should have noted that to use but never rely on a safety and be very muzzle conscious
I see it as a fundamental part of safe firearm handling but do know some guys who are very open about never using a safety
and I'm not talking at all about down at the range although you will find that is where you don't use a safety
and the new guys get a lot of there ideas from people they meet at clubs where I think this idea started maybe
I wonder how you would go legally in a scenario that a new guy shooting a shotgun had his gun open flushed a rabbit and fumbled with the gun shooting his mate
would you recon it would be called improper use because that is not the way the manufacturer intended
I have in the past taken a so called experienced hunter from a range out to get his first deer, he would not load the chamber because he thought it was safer from what he had learned from club shooting
so no worries we walked together about 3-5 meters apart me slightly in front, maybe by a meter, I put him in front of 5 deer that he never got to take the shot at because they heard him slowly close his bolt, when he did it my way finally after much frustration he shot his first deer, I know he wasn't a newbie but IMO he was new to hunting
although that is not how he put it
I don't have a problem with the open style if in a group but when only maybe 2 of you stalking I don't see it as necessary
I use it with my children when we are sniping rabbits at distance and are waiting for them to come out or when I am culling roo's ect in the car
I also don't have a problem with the people who use this method but I think the new guys should be taught to use there safety catch
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