Thread: Loaded Rifle

Originally Posted by Jhon

Well its easy to be holier-than-thou but I got caught a couple of years ago and I had a chamber flag in too. I was shooting on my own with my Rossi 357 LA. Worked the action to unload unfired rounds. Worked it a couple of times more and nothing came out, inserted chamber flag and headed home and locked it in the safe. I was running late you see and was on dinner duty with guests and had bit visually checked. The last round, a 38sp, had jammed. When I brought it out next to show a visiting fellow shooter I removed the flag and worked the action a couple of times to demonstrate it was clear before visual check and handing to him. Bugger me if the round didn't spit out on the 3rd stroke, and yes, I felt it load. Felt a right tit. At least the safe handling procedure caught it at the end but it left me in a fair sweat and taught me a lesson.

Tube-mags have been famous for this, over the years