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I use a stock 10/22 for speed steel and other recreational activities.
Yesterday I had a Safety Officer make a comment that has me bringing up this question.
I am shooting this right handed.
After a stage, we go thru the Unload and Show Clear drill.
I hold the rifle in my right hand, to keep pointing at a safe point ( ground 10feet in front of me out to a berm )
and use my left hand to reach over and retract the bolt.
This experienced safety offer had trouble seeing the chamber as clear, and noticed on one stage that my final round did not fully extract - the round could have re-seated into the chamber.
His thought was that my left hand usage impaired his view.
These kinds of comments lead to review and that is what I am doing.
I have used this same rifle for the past 18 months or so, and have not had the comment before - perhaps the height of the SO relative to me is a factor? Still, the idea of putting a loaded gun back into a case where we had near a dozen people around is unsettling. I prefer to be far back from the edge of that safety cliff. And I know that I need to find a way that I can also see better - typically trying to show the SO the chamber rather than checking it myself.
So,
What is the best methodology?
TIA
If you know of a video demonstration,
(Getting a different gun is out as a solution.)
I found this on the interwebs - the left hand use on the AR platform works, as the hand is away from the opening
( would that muzzle be over the berm? )
Yesterday I had a Safety Officer make a comment that has me bringing up this question.
I am shooting this right handed.
After a stage, we go thru the Unload and Show Clear drill.
I hold the rifle in my right hand, to keep pointing at a safe point ( ground 10feet in front of me out to a berm )
and use my left hand to reach over and retract the bolt.
This experienced safety offer had trouble seeing the chamber as clear, and noticed on one stage that my final round did not fully extract - the round could have re-seated into the chamber.
His thought was that my left hand usage impaired his view.
These kinds of comments lead to review and that is what I am doing.
I have used this same rifle for the past 18 months or so, and have not had the comment before - perhaps the height of the SO relative to me is a factor? Still, the idea of putting a loaded gun back into a case where we had near a dozen people around is unsettling. I prefer to be far back from the edge of that safety cliff. And I know that I need to find a way that I can also see better - typically trying to show the SO the chamber rather than checking it myself.
So,
What is the best methodology?
TIA
If you know of a video demonstration,
(Getting a different gun is out as a solution.)
I found this on the interwebs - the left hand use on the AR platform works, as the hand is away from the opening
( would that muzzle be over the berm? )