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The Basics, Starting Out
Never use a SAFETY
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<blockquote data-quote="Gatorgrizz27" data-source="post: 1024865" data-attributes="member: 64071"><p>Everyone has an opinion, but I don't see a point to a lot of them. The two most important rules in gun safety (and I would argue only ones that matter) are:</p><p> 1.Keep your muzzle pointed in a safe direction and 2. Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until you're ready to fire. You have to break both of these rules simultaneously to have a problem. </p><p></p><p>If I'm carrying in a truck, golf cart, SXS, or slung over my shoulder, but may need to shoot quickly, it is loaded magazine, bolt closed on an empty chamber. If it is slug over my shoulder and I'm walking through brush I'll have the safety on to keep the bolt from opening. Zero chance of an accident from hitting a pothole, something catching the trigger, safety failure, etc. </p><p></p><p>If I'm sitting in a stand/blind, or stalking through an area where I expect to shoot immediately, it is gun in my hands, loaded chamber, safety on, trigger outside of the trigger guard, muzzle always pointed in a safe direction. If I trip, the safety fails as a branch hooks the trigger, etc, as long as the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction no one will be injured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gatorgrizz27, post: 1024865, member: 64071"] Everyone has an opinion, but I don't see a point to a lot of them. The two most important rules in gun safety (and I would argue only ones that matter) are: 1.Keep your muzzle pointed in a safe direction and 2. Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until you're ready to fire. You have to break both of these rules simultaneously to have a problem. If I'm carrying in a truck, golf cart, SXS, or slung over my shoulder, but may need to shoot quickly, it is loaded magazine, bolt closed on an empty chamber. If it is slug over my shoulder and I'm walking through brush I'll have the safety on to keep the bolt from opening. Zero chance of an accident from hitting a pothole, something catching the trigger, safety failure, etc. If I'm sitting in a stand/blind, or stalking through an area where I expect to shoot immediately, it is gun in my hands, loaded chamber, safety on, trigger outside of the trigger guard, muzzle always pointed in a safe direction. If I trip, the safety fails as a branch hooks the trigger, etc, as long as the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction no one will be injured. [/QUOTE]
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