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Hunter Safety

Hunter Safety. From foukeffa.org GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Course 01411 Unit 11 July 2001. What is Safety and What is an Accident?. Safety is preventing accidents from happening

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Hunter Safety

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  1. Hunter Safety From foukeffa.org GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Course 01411 Unit 11 July 2001

  2. What is Safety and What is an Accident? • Safety is preventing accidents from happening • Accidents are unintentional or unexpected happenings with someone or something being hurt or killed as the result

  3. What Are the Three Keys to Safety? • Attitude • Skill • Knowledge

  4. Which Key is Most Important? • Attitude • You are the brain of the gun and if you have a bad attitude, you will be unsafe!

  5. Where Do Most Firearm Accidents Happen? In The Home

  6. Ignorance Carelessness Excitement Competition or Peer Pressure Four Human Traits That Cause Accidents

  7. Firearms and Ammunition

  8. Define firearm List and identify the components of the modern rifle and shotgun ammunition Explain the difference between a shot gun and a rifle barrel Identify parts of firearm Identify 5 major firearm actions Locate, and identify safeties Explain when to release the safety on the firearm Identify the types of sights found on firearms Properly match firearm and ammunition Objectives

  9. What is a firearm? • A device which propels a bullet or projectile from a tube to a target, using a controlled explosive.

  10. What Are the Parts to a Firearm? -----------Barrel-------------- Action -------------------------Stock--------------------------

  11. Muzzle Loaders • Most early firearms – • Loaded by pouring gunpowder and shoving projectile in through front end of the barrel

  12. Modern Cartridges • Rifle Ammunition has 4 basic parts Bullet Case Powder Primer

  13. Shotgun Shells Shotgun shells have 5 components • May have a single shot called a slug

  14. Differences Between a Rifle and a Shotgun • Rifle fires a single projectile called a bullet • Rifle has a thicker barrel • Rifle has groves (or rifling) in end of barrel to put a spin on the projectile

  15. Differences Between a Rifle and a Shotgun Continued • A shotgun usually fires a cluster of projectiles called shot • Barrel is thin and smooth • Shotguns have tightening of the barrel at the muzzle which is called choke • Full-keeps shot close together • Modified • Improved cylinder • Cylinder bore-no constriction

  16. Break Action • A break or break action which works like a hinge on a door • Reveals at a glace if the firearm is loaded • Often selected as the first gun for a young hunter

  17. Bolt Action • Works much like an old fashioned door bolt • To open, lift the handle up and then pull to the rear • Cartridge should be ejected as bolt is pulled back

  18. Lever Action • Old West type • Worked by shoving extension of the trigger guard downward and forward • One of the most dangerous actions because it has an exposed hammer

  19. Pump Action • Also called slide or trombone • Pump will open after it is fired

  20. Semi-automatic • Usually has a clip or is magazine fed • Must pull trigger each time to fire

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