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Trigger Action Muzzle
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• Loading port
Bolt: Opens
• and breech
end of barrel
by pulling •
to rear
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Trigger Guard
Bolt
to be unintentionally fired. The first
thing to do when picking up a gun
or taking a gun from someone else
is to point it away from other people
in the area. The safest direction to
Loading Port point a gun is usually up or down.
If a gun is on a range, the safest
direction is to point it downrange
toward the targets.
Some JROTC units still conduct rifle marksmanship
training with .22 cal. small bore rifles like the one
shown above. These rifles have bolt actions that are • As soon as the gun muzzle is
opened by lifting a bolt and pulling it to the rear pointing in a safe direction, the
______________________________________ second step is to check the action
of the gun and to open it if it is not
THREE SAFETY STEPS already open. Since the gun’s
action contains its firing
The application of the rules for safe gun mechanism, it cannot be fired
handling should follow a step-by-step sequence unintentionally or accidentally if the
that is designed to assure that even if a gun action is open. All guns, except
were to be unintentionally fired, it would not muzzle loading guns, have a bolt or
cause personal injury or serious damage. Be lever on the action that is used to
sure to follow these steps: open the action. Be sure to learn
where the bolt or cocking lever is on
• Whenever anyone picks up a gun of any gun you handle. With the
any kind, the first thing that must action open, it is possible to visually
be done is to control the direction check most guns to see whether the
the muzzle is pointing. gun is loaded and has a cartridge or
Immediately point the gun in a safe pellet in the breech end (rear end) of
direction where it is not directed at the barrel. If the gun is loaded and
another person and would do no it is possible to remove the
serious damage even if the gun were cartridge, that must be done.
Range officer
stand or table Exterior wall or
safety perimeter
Target
Holders:
Distance: 10 meters One for
each
firing
Firing Line point
Ready Area:
For shooters
waiting to shoot
Firing Points: One
next, or for spectators
for each shooter