I was always taught to raise the wood to the barrels not the barrels to the wood. The muzzles pointing safely to the ground. As geener4me above says and for exactly the same reasons. Sadly gun safety is slipping somewhat in Britain with people entering shooting with little or no mentoring. They go to a formal driven shoot not knowing how to behave. Commercial shoots are to blame in my opinion as they are only interested in making profit. Some of the things I see these days would have had the perpetrator sent home at one time. Lagopus.....
