Thread: One up the spout

When I was 16 I had a 8mm Mauser, and the scope didn't allow the original safety to be used so I used to carry it as the op suggests - uncocked and on a loaded chamber.
That was fine until the day I shot a deer, had a quick reload and didn't uncock it after.
I nearly blew my head off climbing out of a creek using the rifle as a walking stick when the trigger caught a bit of exposed root.
The blast from the muzzle was so close I thought I'd shot myself, and losing hearing didn't help my cognitive abilities any.

I strongly recommend not doing it - you'll be fine until you're not.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

When I was 16 I had a 8mm Mauser, and the scope didn't allow the original safety to be used so I used to carry it as the op suggests - uncocked and on a loaded chamber.
That was fine until the day I shot a deer, had a quick reload and didn't uncock it after.
I nearly blew my head off climbing out of a creek using the rifle as a walking stick when the trigger caught a bit of exposed root.
The blast from the muzzle was so close I thought I'd shot myself, and losing hearing didn't help my cognitive abilities any.

I strongly recommend not doing it - you'll be fine until you're not.

The scary thing about guns is that if you use them long enough or often enough you will have your own scary story. Thats how careful we need to be.

Originally Posted by Tahr

The scary thing about guns is that if you use them long enough or often enough you will have your own scary story. Thats how careful we need to be.

an old friend had bad habit of carrying 270 with it fully cocked over shoulder hanging onto end of barrel - slipped in creek crossing - butt hit ground - blew out most of shoulder joint -he lived and was shearing several years later -just looked a bit lopsided across shoulders -used to amuse us by saying fucken useless .270 just wounds