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Old 04-14-2018, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by elkhunter11 View Post
I watched a friend fire his rifle on a pronghorn hunt without realizing that his finger was on the trigger. He put out the bipod, lay prone, and as he closed the bolt, his finger slapped the trigger. It was a 700 Remington, and he blamed it on the trigger, until I told him what had happened. The rifle was pointed toward the pronghorn, so no harm done, the than the pronghorn deciding to leave the area.
Classic lack of discipline on the shooters part, this putting your finger on the trigger every time you shoulder a firearm is an attribute derived from lack of really not practicing enough, IMO.
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