What is the most bone headed thing you've done on a hunt that you have never told anyone about or that you still slap yourself in the forehead and say 'duh' for doing?? Who's brave enough to share their 'smooth move'???
I pulled a 'duh' moment a few days ago. I was sitting in a ground blind for 3 hours until dark, and when I went to pack up my gear I started to unload my rifle which had 1 in the tube and 2 in the magazine... or so I thought. As I popped the floor plate release button (Remmy 700), all 3 shells fell into my hand! Turns out when I top loaded the magazine and closed the bolt, it rode on top of the first shell. I apparently hadn't properly set the magazine follower when I cleaned the rifle last.
Had the buck of a lifetime come into my crosshairs, all I would have heard upon pulling the trigger would have been a heart stopping 'CLICK'!!!
The teachable moment here is to always check to see that your shell has actually been chambered!
I pulled a 'duh' moment a few days ago. I was sitting in a ground blind for 3 hours until dark, and when I went to pack up my gear I started to unload my rifle which had 1 in the tube and 2 in the magazine... or so I thought. As I popped the floor plate release button (Remmy 700), all 3 shells fell into my hand! Turns out when I top loaded the magazine and closed the bolt, it rode on top of the first shell. I apparently hadn't properly set the magazine follower when I cleaned the rifle last.
Had the buck of a lifetime come into my crosshairs, all I would have heard upon pulling the trigger would have been a heart stopping 'CLICK'!!!
The teachable moment here is to always check to see that your shell has actually been chambered!