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I would concur with Gaz on this.....familiarity breeds contempt and some of us "older shooters" are very guilty of contempt of Range Safety Rules.

I would have no hesitation in confronting anybody that I see acting stupidly but then I am big and ugly with a bad temper and it shows !!!

As Steve says we are all responsible for range safety......get on the radio and report it....

Gaz wrote:That said, I am guilty of letting things slide at Bisley because virtually everyone there seems to close bolts on live rounds with the muzzle pointing at the moon

I don't know who you shoot with, but I don't see this, and if I did I would stop them, not let my own safety 'slide'. By failing to observe this safety rule you are jeopardising MY shooting, and I take that very seriously.

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targetman wrote:I would concur with Gaz on this.....familiarity breeds contempt and some of us "older shooters" are very guilty of contempt of Range Safety Rules.

I would have no hesitation in confronting anybody that I see acting stupidly but then I am big and ugly with a bad temper and it shows !!!

As Steve says we are all responsible for range safety......get on the radio and report it....

We are all responsible for range safety (something I cover in my pre firing brief)

I act imeadiatly I see anything unsafe on the range in the field or anywhere else for that matter but I am big and devilishly handsome and just a jolly good egg !

FFS! That had me spitting red wine all over the place TackB

There is an emoticon missing here...devilishly handsome...hmm.... :lol:

Nah - it was there all the time

zzzzom

ovenpaa wrote:FFS! That had me spitting red wine all over the place TackB

Not good Rioja I hope!

rox wrote:

Gaz wrote:That said, I am guilty of letting things slide at Bisley because virtually everyone there seems to close bolts on live rounds with the muzzle pointing at the moon

I don't know who you shoot with, but I don't see this, and if I did I would stop them, not let my own safety 'slide'. By failing to observe this safety rule you are jeopardising MY shooting, and I take that very seriously.

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Rox - maybe a closer look at some of your photos of recent times then - some of those muzzles are aiming at the man in the moon

Mike

MiLisCer wrote:

rox wrote:

Gaz wrote:That said, I am guilty of letting things slide at Bisley because virtually everyone there seems to close bolts on live rounds with the muzzle pointing at the moon

I don't know who you shoot with, but I don't see this, and if I did I would stop them, not let my own safety 'slide'. By failing to observe this safety rule you are jeopardising MY shooting, and I take that very seriously...

Rox - maybe a closer look at some of your photos of recent times then - some of those muzzles are aiming at the man in the moon
Mike

We were actually talking about breaches of range safety rules or the safe shooting system, and particularly closing the bolt on a live round (rule 257). I can’t see any of my photos which show a breach of these rules - can you? **

**Trick question.

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We were actually talking about breaches of range safety rules or the safe shooting system, and particularly closing the bolt on a live round (rule 257). I can’t see any of my photos which show a breach of these rules - can you? **

**Trick question.

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tongueout Fair point - but look at muzzle position - if you want to see the bolt being closed on live rounds - look at the film clip of the imperial posted on here very recently (and the NRA website)

Mike