Brilliant ! !

[Intheshop]

Took a nice knick....just "touched" really,out of a finger the other day setting up an insert head on one of our shapers(wood milshop).Disconnected power.Normally,use my pencil to spin head when setting the fence clearance...cause of EXACTLY what happened.This tooling is so sharp that handling protocol defines who you are.I goofed,just that tiny bit...and got bit.Nuthin more embarrassing than the shop foreman wearing a band aid...doh.

So many folks lately seem to think firearms instruction is...how you say?Easy.Just like setting up razor sharp tooling,even unloaded,firearms demand protocols.

I know ,preaching to the choir,but really watch your muzzle,ESPECIALLY when unloaded.This builds the skills to manage them when hot.BWSmith

 

[Rick]

Safety reminders may be preaching to the choir but never a mistake.

 

[Intheshop]

The message is how we "build" on it.One of my all time hero's is Brian Enos....and of course Fred Bear...

There's some really good vids of the latter on YouTube.I grew up with his g-daughter.

 

[Pistolero]

Somebody once told me "Never point a gun at something you aren't willing to
put a bullet hole in."

My hands NEVER fall into that category. EVER.

Be very circumspect on answers if in jury selection. Keep in mind that
saying "I will always be fair and open minded" as an answer to any
question is a reasonable and truthful answer. Don't let a sharp lawyer
keep you off a jury by loose lips. Be "fair and open minded" - which might
not mean the same thing to them and you.

 

[quicksylver]

Well can't say I've seen that before....shooting oneself in the lower half of their body yes ..three..
1. shot himself in the foot by closing a trap gun and then lifting it off his foot with his finger in the trigger guard.
2. one forgetting to remove the gun from the holster before he pulled the trigger ..Roy Rogers he was not....that went from just below his knee to his ankle.
3. did something to make the gun fire when he was holstering it...got a beautiful red stripe across his a**s
4. the forth I didn't mention because it wasn't his fault ...he was asleep up on the second floor of a cabin ..the guy down below was "cleaning " his gun ..it went of ..went through the floor and killed the guy sleeping..
sad..he was my cousin fiancé..first hunting trip with the "guys"..

 

[quicksylver]

Just a reminder ..most of the settlers going West who were killed ..died from self inflicted gunshot wounds received when they pulled the guns muzzle first towards themselves from storage.

 

[RBHarter]

Never point at anything you don't intend to shoot .
Don't shoot anything you don't intend to kill.
Don't kill anything you don't intend to eat or that doesn't intend to eat you.

As a basic guide those 3 have served me well . Right ahead of load 1 skip 1 load 4 more . Single action safety .

 

[smokeywolf]

Only time I ever left the one under the hammer empty was if I was going to be on horseback. You never know when, where or how you'll be coming off the back of a horse. If I was carrying the Colt 1860, as mine has the nub or pin between cylinders, I loaded all six and let the hammer index on the nub between cylinders.

 

[quicksylver]

Smoky...real Cowboys had there 6 guns in their saddle bags..

Dropping a stirrup on the hammer was a common afliction..

 

[smokeywolf]

Wasn't pushin' cows, but guarding from rustlers. That or just trail riding for leisure.

Never understood why most have their rifle scabbard on the off side of the saddle. Mine straps onto the on side. If your standing next to your horse, why would you want to have to reach over your horse to pull your rifle from the scabbard?