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that aren't safe, home gunsmithing
that turns out to be a booby trap.

Of course we all know that this
“mistaken for a deer” alibi has caused
a rash of bright garments in the bush.
But according to Stevie, these aren't
always protective. A man at Duncan
a few months ago, wearing a red shirt
and a red cap, had the cap neatly
ripped off his head by a stray slug.

Protective Coloring

Some hunters, believe it or not, are
rejecting the bright protective color-
ing—they say they’d rather remain in-
conspicuous in the bush! Others feel
that a change from red to orange
would be more distinctive.

Back on the U.S. Atlantic coast
(where there are a million hunters to
our one) the general practice is to
leave your kill where it is until dark,
then pack it out with plenty of lights
and noise.

Otherwise you are running a gaunt-
let of slugs from all directions.

A few years ago a young fellow at
Pitt Meadows was packing out a deer
when he was fired on. The bullet went
through the deer’s neck and lodged in
the boy’s spine. He lived, but was
hospitalized for months. The bullet
was slowed up just enough to avoid
severing the hunter’s spine.

Talking details over with Steven-
son, it seemed to me that something
could be done by way of education
and instructions.

But here I struck another interest-
ing statistic:

Only about 12 or 15 per cent of the
licensed hunters are members of a
fish and game club.

What a field of endeavor this opens
up. Membership drives in all direc-
tions seem to be indicated.

Gun Clubs Can Help

In the case of carelessly handled
weapons the gun clubs could do in-
valuable work. Proper instruction in
the handling of firearms would cer-
tainly cut the accident rate. For every
hunter should be absolutely familiar
with his gun. And when I say familiar,
I don’t mean just be able to load it.

Who hasn’t heard the crack “Hey,
Joe, how do you work this thing?”
when somebody has borrowed a gun
for a day’s hunting. Imagine borrow-
ing a car and driving down the street
trying to figure out where the brake
pedal is!

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In the accidents attributable to
faulty weapons, old shotguns seem to
be the chief offenders—old chea
hammer guns are dynamite. And
there are the guns with a good job
of home gunsmithing, nails fashioned
into firing pins, stocks repaired with
friction tape. “It'll do until we get a
new one.” Nuts. You might be dead
before that.

And remember this—no gun is safe
because it has a safety.

You doubt it? O.K. In most double
barrelled and pump guns, the safety
only locks the trigger. The sear and
the notch can still jolt apart and let
the striker do its job.

There are some exceptions to the
rule, but very few. The Mauser action
on rifles is positive and absolutely
safe. And most of the expensive Eng-
lish shotguns and rifles have a positive
safety. Take weapons like those
turned out by Holland & Holland,
Purdy, Boss and Woodward—here the
striker mechanism is positively locked.

But you won't find many of these
guns in the B.C. bush.

Take it to Your Gunsmith
But take the good old “thutty
thutty.” Is your’s getting along in
years? Just get it out of the attic.
Of course being a thoroughly ex-
perienced hunter it won’t be loaded—
but just work that lever once to make

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