Originally Posted by
Reese260
I am not bashing anyone but not all lawsuits are just. I was doing a Google search for another reason and came across this lawsuit against Knight. A guy mistakenly stored his loaded rifle in his house with the plunger against the primer. He is preparing to go out hunting and he realizes his mistake, does not have the secondary safety on, pulls back the plunger while pointing the loaded rifle at his hunting buddy. The plunger slips from his hand and the rifle goes off shooting his buddy in the leg. He turns around to sue Knight because they did not specifically warn him that this could happen. You decide who is at fault.
www.ai.org/judiciary/opinions/pdf/12310701ewn.pdf
Well, if that's the story... then it is clearly OPERATOR ERROR, and not Knight's fault in the least.
I sometimes leave my muzzleloader loaded for a couple/few days, in decent weather - leave it in the car, to avoid condensation! - but never, never leave a primer in the breech plug. It doesn't get a primer until I am ready to walk into the woods, and the primer comes off when I get back to the car. And though I
have considered doing it... I DO NOT like the idea of lowering plunger onto a primer. Very bad idea, just thinking about it. What if you drop it, smacks handle? All sorts of potential for bad things, there.
Take the damned primer off. Easy.