Rifle fence crossing question

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New to hunting, studying for the course. For those of you who stalk with a round in the chamber, how do you unload when crossing a fence? Do you just carefully extract the round with your hand over the ejection port?
 
buzzmagoo said:
Remove magazine ( if there is one ) cycle action ( open ) remove live round, leave action open ,engage safety, deposit fire arm in a safe manñer, traverse Obstacle ,retrieve fire arm and return to readyif needed .:wave:
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Why would you remove the magazine? The rifle can't load itself, not even a semi-auto provided the bolt is locked back, or closed on an empty chamber. Sometimes this safety business gets out of hand.

OP, another option you have is to depress the round back into the magazine as you retract the bolt, then keeping pressure on the round to keep it below the bolt face, close the bolt on the empty chamber to keep crap out of the action when the rifle is put down. Once you've negotiated the obstacle, retrieve your rifle, chamber the round normally and continue on your way.
 
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Boomer said:
Why would you remove the magazine? The rifle can't load itself, not even a semi-auto provided the bolt is locked back, or closed on an empty chamber. Sometimes this safety business gets out of hand.

OP, another option you have is to depress the round back into the magazine as you retract the bolt, then keeping pressure on the round to keep it below below the bolt face, close the bolt on the empty chamber to keep crap out of the action when the rifle is put down. Once you've negotiated the obstacle, retrieve your rifle, chamber the round normally and continue on your way.
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Even better, the safety course also adds the recommendation of putting a glove or something over the muzzle before laying it down, and crossing the fence behind the butt of the rifle :)
 
sulisa said:
Even better, the safety course also adds the recommendation of putting a glove or something over the muzzle before laying it down, and crossing the fence behind the butt of the rifle :)
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The glove part makes sense. Obviously it won't stop a bullet from leaving the barrel, but it can keep dirt and #### from entering it...
 
Boomer said:
Why would you remove the magazine? The rifle can't load itself, not even a semi-auto provided the bolt is locked back, or closed on an empty chamber. Sometimes this safety business gets out of hand.

OP, another option you have is to depress the round back into the magazine as you retract the bolt, then keeping pressure on the round to keep it below the bolt face, close the bolt on the empty chamber to keep crap out of the action when the rifle is put down. Once you've negotiated the obstacle, retrieve your rifle, chamber the round normally and continue on your way.
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Sometimes Schitz happens and removing a magazine may save someones life.
Me, I just follow the fence line to the gate or pass the firearm to my hunting buddy after he has crossed the fence first.
Of course I am holding two guns for a few moments or with a hinged floor plate I drop the plate (Browning A-bolt) and cycle the action remove round from extractor, close bolt and then close the drop plate/magazine...another bonus to a Browning A-bolt.
Boomer, your second para explaining the process is a great option for someone a little more experienced.
Rob
 
If you have a removable magazine, remove it, do as you said to eject the round slowly, so you can retrieve it, put the fire are safely on the other side, either allow it to drop or lean up against a post or a tree, and safely cross the fence, retrieve your fire arm and reload it, go on your way.
or you can try to vault over, the landings suck, and if there's cattle cow pies all over LOL
 
There are a number of ways to do it safely but because you mentioned studying for the hunting course, I would find out what they say in your course book and go with that. That will be the correct answer during your exam.
 
I unload my gun and lean it against the fence post facing away from me, or lay it on the ground, muzzle facing away from me- whichever is going too cause less damage to the gun.
If I am with someone I pass them the unloaded gun.
I don't worry about magazines, because ii don't hunt with firearms with magazines as a rule!:p
Cat
 
I was deducted one point for laying the rifle on the ground . . . but I hunt with a bipod so when crossing a fence the rifle is unloaded, the bipod opened and the rifle set so it is pointing away from where I cross. The examiner's concern was getting dirt in the action although the open side was up.
Leaning the rifle barrel against the wire and cradled against the post cost a friend a nasty scratch on the barrel when he stepped on the same wire the barrel was in contact with . . . safe perhaps but with consequences. Unloaded and pointed in a safe direction should work.
 
I take cartridge out of chamber, hang the rifle around the top of the fence post with the strap, using the shoulder portion of the strap between the post/wire & the gun so it doesn't get scratched by a wire barb, I don't lean it against the wires, go to next post and climb over.
No way gun can fall over into the snow/ground this way.
 
^^^ Thats a great way to do it.
Years ago my brother inlaw crossed the fence, and had the loaded 12ga leaning against it, his dog knocked the gun over and it went off, hitting him in the ankle. Luckily he had heavy steel toed work boots on that saved his foot from being blown off. He was having pellets removed for years after the injury as they rose to the skin surface.
 
This will be a question asked on the exam for sure so follow the book procedure to the letter. This is what they want.
 
IMHO hunting/walking around with a chambered round is poor practice and a safety hazard no matter what action type you are using.
 
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