5E- I agree with you in not loaning your guns out to others as we all have different habits- I went to H.G. Tap Tapply's book circa 1951-1964 Tap shot a 20 gauge M21 for many years- here are his words on this subject and I agree with Tap 100%, on page 270 'The next time you see a gunner about to close the action of his double-barreled shotgun, notice how he does it. If he slams it together as if he were banging a gate shut, he either doesn't know how to handle firearms, or doesn't have much respect for a fine mechanism. But if he holds the piece by the forend and lifts the stock up to it, mark him down as a man who knows what he's doing-and why he's doing it'. Safe gun handling is paramount- best gunning compliment I have ever received had nothing to do with my % for the day- Hunting in MD. back in 1995, when one of my sisters was married to a retired USAF Master Sgt.=-we were both using pumps, and when the Game Officer stopped us for a routine check- I 'racked out' the three rounds in my M12- left the slide back to the rear, inserted my index finger into both the breech and magazine to 'feel nothing but air there' and handed it to him butt first, with the muzzle pointing at the ground- He told me in all his years of checking hunters and their guns, he had never seen a better example of safe gun handling and good manners afield. How we close-or open our guns is important somewhat- but the linchpin here should be GUN SAFETY always.!!
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 07/11/08 01:08 PM.
