Hunter sight-in

[swinford]

I work the hunter sightin at my firing range sighting in all sorts of guns (even inlines). EVERY day that I've worked some individual came to the line with a loaded inline. With the latest incident I dropped the loading rod down the barrel and found it sticking up about two inches. He claimed not to know anything about it being loaded. Surprise surprise when it was fired. I pointed out that he had it home with the kids LOADED. I realize that it is legal (in Maryland anyway)to remove the cap or primer from a muzzleloader and transport the weapon in a car, but really! What if some of the priming compound remained on the nipple or better yet would you bet your life that a flintlock woundn't go off without any priming powder in the pan? Please everyone, be careful.

 

[mrbill]

glad noone was hurt. you can't save everyone from themselves, all you can do is save as many as you can and hope the rest don't take anyone with them.

 

[patch knife]

Welcome to the forum Charles ! I agree with you , in my opinion if a muzzleloading gun is loaded , it's loaded wether it's primed or not (I know there are some of you that disagree , and that's okay , this is only my opinion) . Shooting ranges can be a little scary this time of year , I was at a public range in Cecil county last Sunday and saw a guy accidently drop his scoped , bolt action rifle on the concrete :shake: . I don't need to sight in my guns for hunting , since I shoot them year round , they are always "sighted in" :thumbsup: .

 

[rebuse]

My grandpa had to call 9-1-1 for a guy a few years back. He came out to hunt on his property and when the guy pulled his muzzle loader from behind the seat of his truck, it went off. His 10 year old son was on the recieving end of the blast...died on his way to the hospital. Very sad to see someone learn Firearms safety the hard way. I don't load mine till I'm in the field or on the firing line at the range...but even walking around the woods I keep a frizzen stall on mine unless I've got game in view. Removing a leather frizzen stall doesn't make enough noise for the game to hear.

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