FIREARMS SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU!
INTRODUCTION
From the time a firearm is grasped in the hand, the shooter becomes a part of a system over which the shooter has complete control. The shooter is the only part of the system that can make a gun safe - or unsafe.
Hunting and target shooting are among the safest of all sports. [...]
Keyhole Shots
Keyhole Shots
An injury to the muzzle of a rifle can cause shots to keyhole. This condition is most likely to occur in rifles cleaned from the muzzle, but may be due to accident, such as striking the muzzle against any metal.
A very small burr on the muzzle crown can make the bullets unstable in flight.
The [...]
A Loaded Muzzle Loader
A Loaded Muzzle Loader
“I didn’t know it was loaded”
“I didn’t know it was loaded” is the stock expression used by those who are rudely awakened by an explosion when they pull the trigger of a any loaded firearm. Muzzle loading firearms seem to be even more prevalent in this due to the lack of [...]
Owen Guns Bulletin Sept 08 No1
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Ammunition is Effected by Temperature
Ammunition is Effected by Temperature
Temperature has a marked effect on both velocity and pressure. Factory ammunition is, as a rule, rather conservatively loaded so that no danger will result even under extremes of temperature.
Twenty years ago a large quantity of 6.5 x 55 ammunition was imported into Australia, (I was responsible for a few million [...]
Exploding Barrel Blockages
Exploding Barrel Blockages
Bore Blockages
Obstructions in a firearm barrel are almost certain to damage the barrel on firing.
The kind and amount of damage depend on location of the obstruction, on its mass (weight), and on the type and thickness of the barrel. A very great variety of results are possible. I have known of them [...]
Part 14. Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation
Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation
Part 14
Eye Balling, The Barrel Inspection
62. Check for rust pits, oil rings, hornet nests, stuck patches, stuck pull-throughs, copper fouling, lead fouling, little fury animals, lumps of copper from gilding material, or lumps of plastic from shotgun wads or just plain dirt.
Hold the firearm or barrel with the breech end near [...]
Part 13. Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation
Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation
Part 13
Guarding the Muzzle
57. If the firearm has a fixed barrel and a bolt that cannot easily be removed the barrel has to be cleaned from the muzzle. Cleaning from the muzzle can be a problem if damage is done to the “crown” of the barrel as it will severely affect [...]
Part 12. Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation.
Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation.
Part 12
USING THE CLEANING EQUIPMENT
Using the Cleaning Rod
52. Clean the barrel, from the breech where ever you can remove the bolt from the rifle or removing the barrel from gun as in a break barrel shotgun. If you have no padded vice or a cleaning stand, place a little piece of [...]
Part 11. Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation.
Understanding Firearm Cleaning and Preservation.
Part Eleven
External Storage of a Firearm.
48. Rusting cannot occur without oxygen, water has no shortage of it , dryness and coldness reduce the rusting process. Warmth melts your rust inhibitors and moisture speeds up the process. Try not to leave guns in any type of gun bag or case, whatever [...]