When do you chamber a round while hunting?

[rl6br]

Just curious what everybody's thoughts are on hunting with a round in the chamber? C only applies to bolts, but I think I tend to favor C; although I have my 11 year old hunting without a round in the chamber until we are ready to shoot something. How do you prefer to hunt - when do you chamber the round?

Option A everytime. (It has never cost me an animal.) In regards to Option C, I just pulled a barrel off of a 700 Rem, put the bolt back in the receiver, disengaged the firing pin by holding the trigger down. The firing pin is now protruding from the bolt face. IT IS NOT FREE FLOATING.

If a live round is loaded in the chamber and carried in position C, the firing pin is resting on a LIVE PRIMER.

I would NEVER, NEVER, EVER DO THIS!

(I already knew the answer before I pulled the barrel, but wanted to double check.)

 

[Ndfarmer]

I just don't understand the reason for taking the chance with C. The time to cycle action vs open and close bolt is hardly anything.

 

[FURMAN]

Believe me no respectable Buck will tolerate you loading saying "I'll stand here and wait for you to chamber a round to shoot me".

I can assure you this statement is incorrect. Did you forget you are on a long range hunting forum? I just filmed a buddy shooting a Fallow at 100 yards and he didn't flinch when the round was chambered. Most of our shots are much farther so I can't see the point of trusting a safety. Yes I keep my rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times but we hunt in nasty terrain and things do not always go as planned.

 

[FURMAN]

I just don't understand the reason for taking the chance with C. The time to cycle action vs open and close bolt is hardly anything.

Because there is almost zero chance of enough force to fire a primer and there is very little noise unlike chambering a round. I do not use this method but would prefer it to trusting a 700 safety.

 

[Joefrazell]

Wouldn't c be like leaving a hammer down on a revolver? Not safe if you ask me. Plus you still have to manipthe bolt so it's only saving you a little time. It would be less noisy but that's not worth my or my hunting partners safety.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Wouldn't c be like leaving a hammer down on a revolver? Not safe if you ask me. Plus you still have to manipthe bolt so it's only saving you a little time. It would be less noisy but that's not worth my or my hunting partners safety.

Most all modern revolvers (at least all modern S&W revolvers) have hammer blocks to prevent an AD/ND and internal floating firing pins...

 

[FURMAN]

Option A everytime. (It has never cost me an animal.) In regards to Option C, I just pulled a barrel off of a 700 Rem, put the bolt back in the receiver, disengaged the firing pin by holding the trigger down. The firing pin is now protruding from the bolt face. IT IS NOT FREE FLOATING.

If a live round is loaded in the chamber and carried in position C, the firing pin is resting on a LIVE PRIMER.

I would NEVER, NEVER, EVER DO THIS!

(I already knew the answer before I pulled the barrel, but wanted to double check.)

I am not sure where the free floating came from. If it were it would never fire. Option c absolutely leaves the pin on the primer with almost zero force. It requires roughly .250 of firing pin fall for reliable ignition. I am not going to calculate at what point the primer will actually fail to fire but outside of a fluke it is greater than .000. I guess since I did not mention it earlier I would change my stance if hunting with a rifle with a firing pin block.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

I am fairly sure this thread was not started to gain info, but to stir the pot as long as possible for the entertainment of the op. Previous threads started by the op show the same pattern. This site has been free from this kind of induced conflict until recently when the op of this thread began posting. I am sure he will have another controversial topic in the near future that he will demand proof and tell those who differ from the side he takes that they ate insufficient in there claims while he shows no data to back up his claims. Meanwhile calling members that disagree with the position he takes names and using the eye roll emoji whenever he is shown to be wrong.

Disgusting that one person can draw so many into a train wreck.

 

[Korhil78]

Option A because it's never let me down yet.

 

[Orange Dust]

Because there is almost zero chance of enough force to fire a primer and there is very little noise unlike chambering a round. I do not use this method but would prefer it to trusting a 700 safety.

No one trusts a factory 700 safety if they have been around very long.

 

[FURMAN]

I am fairly sure this thread was not started to gain info, but to stir the pot as long as possible for the entertainment of the op. Previous threads started by the op show the same pattern. This site has been free from this kind of induced conflict until recently when the op of this thread began posting. I am sure he will have another controversial topic in the near future that he will demand proof and tell those who differ from the side he takes that they ate insufficient in there claims while he shows no data to back up his claims. Meanwhile calling members that disagree with the position he takes names and using the eye roll emoji whenever he is shown to be wrong.

Disgusting that one person can draw so many into a train wreck.

Yep and we got sucked in. I will not hunt with someone who practices option b as a rule as opposed to an exception, period.

 

[therifleman556]

I can assure you this statement is incorrect. Did you forget you are on a long range hunting forum? I just filmed a buddy shooting a Fallow at 100 yards and he didn't flinch when the round was chambered. Most of our shots are much farther so I can't see the point of trusting a safety. Yes I keep my rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times but we hunt in nasty terrain and things do not always go as planned.

Lol. Come up here where the properties are sometimes no more than 20 acres and you've got doofuses that shoot at anything with more than ears sticking out of its head. The respectable ones are a helluva lot smarter than you seem to give credit for. Round chambered for me.

 

[FURMAN]

Lol. Come up here where the properties are sometimes no more than 20 acres and you've got doofuses that shoot at anything with more than ears sticking out of its head. The respectable ones are a helluva lot smarter than you seem to give credit for. Round chambered for me.

No thanks. I think the part about idiots running around with guns on small parcels is enough for me to stay away. Saw that circus as a child. I will not hunt that way again.

 

[Joefrazell]

Most all modern revolvers (at least all modern S&W revolvers) have hammer blocks to prevent an AD/ND and internal floating firing pins...Same with most modern 1911's have firing pin blocks, on top of the thumb safety and grip safety.

That doesn't Chang my point