I'm still trying to wrap my head around how ya'll come up with your percentages...LOL
Whether or not you should have to decock often, the point is that there ARE GOING TO BE TIMES when it's necessary.
Gunboy....I really appreciate your safety concerns,and am open minded to ANY that I might have overlooked or brought to my attention that I fail to adhere to. I understand and agree 100% that a gun should be kept uncocked/safety on until prepared/expecting to fire. Kudos for making that very important point.
Since we're bragging or boasting or trying to justify our safety record by dating our first squirrel kill.....mine was 1965. Taken with a 22lr my Dad gave me for Christmas. I think he got it at Sears.
My apologies to Graybellplumb for the drivel.
No problem and thank you. I wasn't boasting or bragging, just simply explaining I have be around a bit and didn't just get started at this stuff in August 2010. I felt it necessary since your post alluded that I wasn't knowledgeable in the use of firearms to kill tree rats.
Either way, you will have to decock a hammered long gun eventually when loaded if you own and use one.
The safety lesson was for our visitors, new sportsman and women and our non posting lurking members so no one was confused and understood the safety piece.
Sorry graybellplumb for the derail. Contact Nacho, Wingshooter or I in PM and whoever lives closest can square you away cutting down that stock to the proper fit of your boys.... Hopefully the are about the same size (arm length) so they both can use it....
Well I cut the stock.gonna try a small slip on recoil pad.economical .It don't look too pretty I was about a 1/16 off but it aint no collectors piece
I didn't know I had such a popular post.lol.
I have a single shot you can cut down that I will trade for the pump.
