Most of us know the correct and safe way to cross fences with guns. With two hunters, the guns are unloaded and one of the hunters holds them. The other fellow crosses the fence. The unloaded guns are then given to him. Now, that person crosses the fence.
Today we got into an interesting agruement about this. It involves break-open shotguns like side-by-sides.
If a double barrel shotgun is opened, but the shells are left in, can it then be safely passed to another when crossing a fence? I realize that technically, and I suppose legally, the gun is still loaded. But, I also contend that when it is opened, a break open shotgun is rendered innert.
What is your opinion on this? Is a opened, hinged action shotgun, with ammo in the chambers, safe to pass to someone across a fence?
Today we got into an interesting agruement about this. It involves break-open shotguns like side-by-sides.
If a double barrel shotgun is opened, but the shells are left in, can it then be safely passed to another when crossing a fence? I realize that technically, and I suppose legally, the gun is still loaded. But, I also contend that when it is opened, a break open shotgun is rendered innert.
What is your opinion on this? Is a opened, hinged action shotgun, with ammo in the chambers, safe to pass to someone across a fence?