Oldbloke wrote:Mo1Mk3 is correct for Victoria. The "action" must be in the safe. But you take the risk of going hunting without the bolt.
I only did it once.
Bolts now stay in the rifle.
I really like the idea of keeping my bolts and magazines outside the safe..
This way
Like I said
In my spare time, it's just so easy for me to just grab them off the shelf and give them a clean whilst I'm watching TV or something
A lot of the times
I just can't be bothered going into the safe lol
Good thing about keeping the bolts and magazines outside the safe also is that it's then so easy to check and make sure that your rifles are completely unloaded for when you do go into the safe
You just grab your rifles
And since there's no magazine or bolt there
You then just look down the barrel to make sure that there's no ammunition in there at all and it's all good
Its really quick and easy and straight forward
(I check my rifles religiously and periodically to make sure that they are always unloaded, and without the magazine or bolt in the way, it just makes it easier and quicker to visually inspect the firearms, it's a lot quicker, which is great)
Keeping your bolts and magazines outside of the safe, that gives you a bit more space in your safe too which is good too
For example;
My Rugers bolt handle is quite big and everytime I had to get the Ruger out of the safe, I always kinda had to twist it and pivot it around the other rifles for it to come out properly without touching/scratching the other rifles on its sides on its way out.
It was annoying.
But without its massive bolt handle getting in the way now.
It's a lot easier to get the Ruger out
I don't have to twist it/pivot it at all
It just comes straight out, no problems
A lot easier
So much better
Lastly as well
Like I said as well
It's also a good extra "security measure" too
If someone ever steals your safe one day
At least they won't be able to use your rifles
(If you've kept your magazines and bolts in another location)