Round In The Chamber

[CRJR45]

Just my two cents , this whole thread needs to be deleted. Stuff like this is just canon fodder for the anti gun crowd .
We all know of a tragic situation, but why air them ALL here on a public forum ?

 

[BrentD]

You guys will get a laugh from this, but Wednesday, I was at a trail head before 5 am and shoved 2 in the mag of my 1897 Winchester. If you don't know it, is a pump that uses a 1/2 mile stroke to cycle the action and makes more noise than a freight train starting to reverse directions.
Usually, I will fill the chamber in the parking lot, but that morning, another guy was there coincidentally, and I'd be walking in with him.l so I figured I'd cycle it when I dropped off the trail to get where I wanted to be before flydown.

An hour later I had sweet talked a big ol' gobbler into dropping by. I thumbed hack the hammer, waited a few moments for the optimal positions and posture and then dropped the hammer on him..

Every one of you knows exactly what happened and what didn't happen next. And I'm blaming y'all.

 

[champ198]

Like most I have hunted all of my life since I was about 7 years old. I'm 47 now so i got some miles on me.
I have always carried with a live round in the chamber. I have yet to have a AD or ND of any kind.

I am also an active pistol shooter who carries a striker fired pistol every day and it is always with a loaded round in the chamber.
If I carry a 1911 its cocked and locked ready to go.

I turkey hunt, I deer hunt I hunt about anything I can find when I can and I always have a round chambered ready to go.
I stand hunt in the Midwest where I live. When I rope the rifle up to my stand the breach is open and it is out of battery so it cant fire. Once I am settled in the stand Bolt is closed and its ready to go.

I'm not saying accidents cant happen, but from things I have seen, improper gun handling is more of a cause for an AD or ND than anything.
I'm a fan of Randy and the Fresh Tracks crew, but I guess I will continue to be one of the "Dumb Ones" and will continue to carry with one in the chamber when hunting.

 

[Ericbender]

I don’t with my rifle, but I always do with my glocks. Hunting and EDC

 

[Petec]

Interesting thread. I will say to each their own.

I have one in the chamber than firearm in battery when hunting unless I am crossing a stream, fence, or climbing a tree. If there is a chance of slipping or falling I open the action.

Never had one go off without meaning for it too in almost 50 years of hunting. I also don't take my comp guns out hunting either so no light triggers are in the field.

 

[Bicyclerips]

Situational for sure. Generally I only have a round chambered when I'm hunting tight wood lots or I am hunting with the expectation of jumping game or stalking in on game. Otherwise, unchambered. I do carry a sidearm when hunting, which is chambered.

 

[RevJim]

When my feet are on the ground, and I'm away from the road (legalese) there is always one in the chamber. Never had an NG. Im 72, started at 8 yrs old. Utah Law says when in the vehicle, empty chambers. Of course! Duh. When a pistol is on my body or in the Night Stand, one in the chamber.

 

[elkduds]

Reading this thread reinforces my predilection for hunting alone.

 

[BAKPAKR]

You all will be proud of me as I turned over a new leaf. I covered about 6 miles Sunday while squirrel hunting and never once chambered a round!

Now, had the sow and cub I spooked run towards me rather than away, I would have been pretty quick to jack a CCI HP into my Remington 572.

 

[RevJim]

That's what pistols are for, don't you know?

 

[WyoDoug]

If I am ON FOOT and on an active stalk, I chamber a round and set the safety. If I am not expecting wild game I am hunting to present me a good target, I don't chamber yet but I have the magazine loaded to capacity. It all depends on the situation AND safety concerns I may have. I do adhere to general hunter safety rules and common sense.