We have an unwritten rule- you never ever pick up a stranger's gun from the rack- whether on the clays side-or over on the rifle and pistol range- w/o first asking permission-and getting it- and you could hand me your pre-64 M70 (my first love in rifles) with the bolt closed and the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and tell me "Fox, it's unloaded" and- I will open the bolt and check for myself-and that means my "pinky" finger goes into the chamber and it had best feel "air"-I've seen cases on the rifle range where a round was missed by the extractor- even on the Mauser style bolts such as the older M70-also a round can stick in the magazine tube of a pump or semi-autoloader-gun safety means "Never Ever take anything for granted" and courtesy towards the other fellow (or group) and the dogs- We hunt fezzants on a nice preserve and the lady who owns the place also handles the dogs- unless you have your own-she is a friend-wears more blaze orange than you see in a Cabela's- ditto the collar and safety vest for her Setter- in the 10 years she has run this preserve she has had two dogs shot by the "Dick Cheney" school of gunners- one died- the other never could hunt again-and it goes w/o saying that the trigger happy idiots who caused that trauma to God's best gift to man- were banned forever from that place.
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 07/11/08 01:26 PM.
