sungazer wrote:marksman wrote:sungazer wrote:Closing the bolt only partly on any locking on opening firearm is VERY DANGEROUS . The reason being that the locking lugs are not fully engaged however the rifle may be able to operate. Quite often. There has been many people hit in the eye with a bolt and lost their sight in one eye if not worse due to this. With only a portion of the lugs closed to prevent the bolt flying back nearly as fast as the bullet they can either shear off or fully open. Dont do this.
I agree with this but it is taught in the vic firearm safety course, even has a picture of a young lady holding a Remington using this technique
dont be a dope like the dieckhead in the vid, be muzzle aware
I have seen first hand an accident at the range of a guy that pulled the trigger on a partly closed bolt. The small part of the lug that was doing the locking sheared and the bolt shot back into his head. He is still alive and has the gruesome pictures as a reminder to us all. He has very little sight if any left in the right eye.
The bolt is cocked and ready to fire as soon as you open it from the last round be warned and very careful.
I hope you realise I dont do this sungazer
I am only relating what I have seen and know what is being done and excepted by the firearms safety council Victoria as a safe practice
I have in the past sent them information regarding this practice because I own rifles I recon may set the round off if you accidentally pull the trigger because they have speedlock kits in them and they slam down very hard, a lot harder than the factory rifles do, with a protruding firing pin against the primer
as I said earlier Quote
"it is not proven to be a safe practice for a cock on open action because if the firing pin was to fall some protrude up to 2mm and could set off a round that would be sitting in the bolt face"
this was in reference to some saying that they have a round chambered with the bolt open and consider it a safe practice
this guy shot his mate because he pointed a firearm in the heat of the moment when trying to shoot a deer,
tell me how many of you will say they do not put a round in the chamber when walking up on the animal you intend to kill
there is no need to reinvent the wheel it's already done, the guy fecked up really bad, period
always point the muzzle in a safe direction
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