The one and only time I've hunted with a semi, having to work my way through half a mile of 10-feet reeds (or whatever you call the damned tall impenetrable watery vegetation), and not even being able to open the breech and see it things were OK inside, and the gun being not mine - now that made me feel some sort of muzzle protection might be useful sometimes. Next morning I took the same route with me sbs and forgot about it