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Show Check Your Firearms Now As the fall hunting seasons approach sportsmen are reminded that it is timely now to inspect and field check the shotgun and rifle they will soon be using afield. Department of fish and game records show that many accidents each year are the direct result of using unchecked and unsafe weapons which have been gathering gather-ing dust since the hunts of last year. During the storage period many gun barrels are appropriated as nests and homes for spiders and the like, others are stored for oil soaked rags stuffed into the barrel. Weapons with such barrel obstructions, taken unchecked un-checked from the gun rack and used during the excitement excite-ment of the opening day, may result in damage to the weapon and possible death to the user. Department officials also cautioned that a few practice prac-tice rounds through the hunting weapon will result in cleaner kills and less game lost through crippling and added that, "A properly working and accurately sighted gun is the best assurance of having a good time afield and bringing home the bacon." |
