Originally Posted by Stanton Hillis
In NSCA sporting clays competition a shooter is allowed three gun malfunctions, per round of 100, before the scorer is to call a target a lost bird.

Think about it for a minute. If your brain can be trained to push the safety off when needed, it can just as easily be trained to put it back on safe after the shot. It can also be trained to keep the trigger finger outside the triggerguard, resting alongside the bow, until the second before the shot. And, that is a proper safety, IMO.
[quote=Stanton Hillis]In NSCA sporting clays competition a shooter is allowed three gun malfunctions, per round of 100, before the scorer is to call a target a lost bird.

Yep.
I have always gone on-safe with ARs and 1911s after the shot or reload; I do the same with break-open guns.
If not in the act of firing, safety “on”. I’m hardwired to it and it’s automatic.


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