Nope, all ND's!!No such thing as a accidental discharge, imo.
Nope, all ND's!!No such thing as a accidental discharge, imo.
Bolt gun.Concealed carry or while hiking with your bolt gun?
One rifle yes, one rifle no.Does your safety lock the bolt closed? I could see the utility in doing this if you have the option to have the safety on, but still operate the bolt.
Who walks around with the safety on and pulls the trigger every so often to make sure the safety is working?![]()
Guess you never learned the simple hold the trigger back as you are lowering the bolt? Doing that you're not dry firing, the cocking piece simply follows the cocking ramp down as you close the bolt.
I was today years old when i learned this tooNope, never learned that! Thank you for the info.
What is the purpose? Safety or it's better for the gun?
No real idea??? I suppose you could say it's less stress on the gun but if dry firing doesn't do it any harm??? Quieter???What is the purpose? Safety or it's better for the gun?
There was a thread not long ago about this also. Lots saying it does nothing to preserve firing pin spring and many considered it to be a major safety issue (pulling trigger when not intending to shoot).Nope, never learned that! Thank you for the info.
What is the purpose? Safety or it's better for the gun?
Is letting the hammer down on an empty revolver cylinder unsafe? That is the safety on old revolvers. I fail to see how it’s different with a hunting rifle. For an old lever gun we had a half cock or empty chamber and nobody trusts a half cock notch. Empty chambers were the standard, and are the standard with those guns.You're creating a bad habit that will eventually lead to a problem when you chamber one and forget in the heat of the moment situation. svivian
Always. It creates good habits, whether the gun is loaded or not. Jmoore
These 2 guys are 100% spot on.
Honestly as a moderator I had thought of deleting this thread because safety is not negotiable or debatable.
The best safety you have is your brain and you must train your brain-part of that training is to use every possible safety mechanism at your disposable. This must be adhered even at the cost of not getting a shot off on an animal.
There are too many accidents caused by lapses in judgment or by folks that thought they were smarter than the rifle manufactures.
This is what I do, to. If I'm walking around with the rifle cocked all the time on an empty chamber, the cocking indicator doesn't mean anything to me. Only cocking the rifle when there's a round in the chamber functions nearly like a loaded chamber indicator on a pistol. Uncocked doesn't 100% mean it's an unloaded chamber, but a cocked bolt means you're hot.There was a thread not long ago about this also. Lots saying it does nothing to preserve firing pin spring and many considered it to be a major safety issue (pulling trigger when not intending to shoot).
That said, I do it. Hold trigger and close bolt. Every one of my bolt guns in my cabinet is that way right now.