Thread: A reflection and a reminder - Unsafe act

A customer came into my shop one day with a Parker Hale .308 Norma Magnum for minor repair. As the muzzle swung towards my head I grabbed the muzzle and pushed it up, then took the rifle from him. "It's not loaded" he said indignantly then just about crapped himself when I opened the bolt and ejected a live round! He said it had been in the back of his car for three weeks since his last hunting trip. He was a serving Detective Sergeant.