Not much sympathy, I'm afraid, how many more things could the dope have done wrong?
The only accident we've had in the last 12 years was a new guy with a BB out on the course on his own, finger inside the trigger guard, barrel let fly, foresight made a bad gash and a nasty bruise on his forehead, stock broke,,barrell bent. Funnily enough, he never came back! since then, every member has a written copy of our safety policy, and springer safety is part of our safety brief.
Gus
The ox is slow, but the earth is patient.
I always try to remember the olde saying, that somebody has as their sig' on here:
"Never put your fingers where you wouldn't put your cock"
Good reason for short stroke-ing break barrels when you break the barrel it drops more making it easier to load a pellet then cock and return the barrel in 1 motion with your finger no where near the breech.
No reason not to hold the barrel/underlever with practice its easier that way anyway.
Surely if you always hold the underleaver or break barrel when going through the loading process then whats the issue As always common sense rules
I can't shoot them, I have this reflex action that makes me put my hands in my pockets when I come near a machine that can lop my fingers off. It has only failed me once but they stitched me back together, the nail and the nerve regrew so no harm done.
scary stuff. I have in the past though about using some kind of hardwood block in the breech when loading my much loved hw97 ?
the thought of trigger and cocking arm failure at the wrong moment does make me shudder a little sometimes when loading it .......adrenalin isn,t good for shooting, right ?
gat gun .25 cal
Glad to hear you are OK. Can you give a little bit more detail as to how the accident happened. I have read a couple of posts on this thread about possible cocking arm failure on underlevers whilst loading, surely the chances of this happening if you have a firm grip on it must be incredibly small (has anyone had a cocking arm fail because of pin or other breakages occurring?). My logic is if you keep hold of the underlever or barrel whilst loading you will be OK.
Kindest regards
Barrel
IF I WALKED ON WATER PEOPLE WOULD SAY I COULD NOT SWIM !
Here are a couple of videos of cocking a BB. The first one seems simple when seated. The second one a bit more convoluted changing over hands to secure the rifle underarm. In both cases the hand is well away from the trigger guard.
Be interested to know which (if any) is the preferred/most common method.
The third video demonstrates what NOT to do, and resultant knackered barrel...could be worse.
Stock supported on hip:
How To Safely Use A Break Barrel Air Rifle: http://youtu.be/R9c_qh2hEMU
Stock supported underarm:
How to cock a break barrel airgun: http://youtu.be/tvqmeqnHcsI
Whoops:
What Not To Do With Your Break Barrel Air Rifle: http://youtu.be/FhmZxHOAgOI
Did you see the pic and airgun world article that I posted in another thread, if you enlarge it you should be able to read it
http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...psd499305c.jpg
Try now I have enlarged it, click on it to enlarge
http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...4.jpg~original