Allow me to correct and finish. (My dog stepped on my tablet and posted before I was ready.) I meant to say that punishment for violations shall be the perpetrator being g banned from ever again watching Davy Crockett shows and further that the.portion of the gun having been slobbered on small be removed with an approved hacksaw wielded by an authorized federal officer of the court. And so be it. No further discussion on the matter is needed.
As someone who knows whether their gun is loaded or not, even in the heat of competition, if someone is that out of focuse when they hear another shot go off, then I would suggest they never come to a range or any competition of any kind.I agree. But (and there is always a 'BUT') at ranges where there is a rule against it I obey the rules. I blew down the barrel after each shot for many years and thousands of times. I agree, once you shoot yer rifle you know it is unloaded. BUT, in the heat of competition it is possible (very rare but possible) to hear someone elses rifle go off thinking is it yers. A hot load in a hot barrel and yer mouth over the muzzle could, once in a billion times, go off and remove yer haid. Overabundance of caution maybe but I changed that habit and quilt. Ain't blowed my haid off yet since then.
Sounds like a half-ice swab to me.
No. Just fargin' no. There is no way on God's green Earth that you can tell me you thought you fired your piece because you heard a report. YOU are looking over the sights. YOU feel no recoil, observe no smoke obscuring your direct 12... are you a Liberal?I agree. But (and there is always a 'BUT'
Ain't dry-balled in 2 decades, but I got to talkin' with other hairy people last year, an' I forgot to load. Remembered to prime.
HACKSAW??? And gun in the same sentence???
As someone who knows whether their gun is loaded or not, even in the heat of competition, if someone is that out of focuse when they hear another shot go off, then I would suggest they never come to a range or any competition of any kind.I agree. But (and there is always a 'BUT'
In the team shoots I never dryballed any, but it was the leisurely shooting when I did. I'm so thankful I never did it in competition, I knew one guy they called " dry ball" , I knew another guy they called "no balls" he yelled it out to one of his buddies, when he ran out of balls in a team speed shoot, his name from then on, "no balls" . Don't think he ever yelled that again unless it was from telling someone his nickname, lol.
Is dementia taking over? Where do you get such craziness?
Why not just edit your post instead of a whole new one??
I bet we have more then a few hundred pages on it altogether
Never hurry reloads!!!!
Because others use EDIT to be dishonest. Like, I make an argument, then you respond. I then edit my original post. Pretty dishonest, no?
Safety can be taken so far, then common sense has to take over. If a cap or flint hasn't been struck over the touch hole in twenty minutes or more, you shouldn't have to worry about the presence of glowing embers. But, for safety's sake, run your ramrod down the barrel and notice the position of your witness mark(s) indicating a loaded gun (you did remember to mark the ramrod didn't you?), if it shows powder and ball still in the chamber, use a worm to remove the ball and dump the powder. Now use your ramrod again, to check for another ball. When the chamber shows empty, per witness marks, it should be safe to use a bore scope.
I think more people should use the edit feature to correct spelling and delete.
Really? After the safety part what part of that is commo sense? Waiting 20 minutes to reload? Or checking after 20 min if the gun is loaded, and if it is, to remove yourself from the shooting line to pull the ball?
When I do edit, I mark it as such.
