i was not making excuses for Remington's lack of good rifles i doubt i will ever buy one hearing that. You get what you pay for well hopefully.
If i had a gun that might even do that it would make a one way trip back to the manufacture
If i was with someone that that happen to doubt i would hunt with them again.
I did have a similar thing happen. Me and my dad was at a range and he was loading the 3030 and racked a round to load the 7th round and hit the trigger blow the end off our case it was sitting on . and i was two feet to the right and one back . i thought i was going to piss my self
Again you get what you pay for buy something cheap and it might just kill you .
ORIGINAL: EKM
Okay, so let's say you are perfect --- the muzzle wasn't pointed at a person, but you flip the safety off and the rifle goes off (the 700 accident pattern per the lawsuits)....
-- How impressed are you going to be with your rifle in the midst of your surprise? Are your excuses going to hold up?
--How impressed are your hunting partners going to be with you, regardless whether the bullet flew off into the sky(muzzleblast to their ears)or into the dirt (putting mud onto their jacket)
-- What are you going to think when your guide takes you back to camp and puts you on the first planeback homebecause he considers you unsafe?
How well will your simplistic excuses fly then?
IMHO.... poorly! Of course, you can always refer any of the above back to this thread so you can show them how right you are. Not likely to hold water though.