Thread: A reflection and a reminder - Unsafe act

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

I realise that people have got all up in arms the last little while about this, but to be perfectly honest "scoping" has been going on all the time, and about everyone I know does it.
But scoping people is something you wouldnt do.

Chapter in one of Philip Holdens books..........he looking at a cutover clearing where he had shot a deer previous week,saw what looked like deer moving along edge,had a spike stiking up...good a spiker,up with SCOPE...shit its a fella in block where he shouldnt have been......comment a few lines later,the other fella wasnt meant to be there and had also been watching Phil....but he had no optics just open sights....
ARGUABLY using what optics on hand to ID something was the safer option.... now here is the interesting bit...those who rely on safety catch have bolt closed on live round...those old farts who still have bolt open/not closed, do not.......Ive put Xhairs on person in the bush once and it still gives me the shits thinking about it...brown flash across clear patch then nothing,then movement nearby...brown flash was his dog....saw blue in scope and nearly crapped myself...my rifle bolt was up and fingers no where near trigger...but still...not ideal. MOST times now I carry binos. bush hunting ,not so much.