Thread: New hunter - Advice on first rifle

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

- what to avoid - well as a new hunter I would avoid lever action for now -why well bush stalking you need to carry it with a round in breach as just two noisy to load if an animal is close -

Barry,Barry,Barry....my good man...... really enjoyed your speil and agreed with it right up till you typed this really weird bit.... I take it by you typing that,that you have never hunted with a lever action?????
one of the very reasons people use them for bush stalking is the ABILITY to carry it SAFELY with a round chambered and hammer down on half cock....it CANNOT fire until fully cocked and trigger depressed no matter what tricks you try...animal is sighted,identified beyond all doubt rifle is raised to shoulder and cocked with thumb as sights come to eye,bang flop knifework time. yo ucan even do it silently if your CAREFUL and hold trigger back,pull hammer right back and release trigger THEN release hammer...TRY IT UNLOADED MANYTIMES to get hang of it first. rifle is then cocked and ready to fire.... its the reason single shot break open rifles and shotguns are so popular too for young folks under supervision.