Muzzle up or down

When I stalk alone all the time why would I want to carry a rifle muzzle down and risk blowing my foot off when I can carry it muzzle up with no risk as the muzzle is above my head?
I understand why it would be safer muzzle down in a group but there is still a possibility of the muzzle leaning forwards towards others feet....
I think there is some give and take here and fundamentally comes down to the safety of the individual
 
err that be hear hear
Err, John, I think that’s another that’s debatable.
Ken.
That's fine just glad you cleared the other point up... :rofl:
I remember reading a few years ago of (I think?) a lady who put her shotgun in its slip at the end of a drive or shoot and whilst in the slip it went off and shot a nearby foot belong to one of the party.
Had she carried it muzzle up it might have been a different outcome.
Ken.
 
Err, John, I think that’s another that’s debatable.
Ken.

I remember reading a few years ago of (I think?) a lady who put her shotgun in its slip at the end of a drive or shoot and whilst in the slip it went off and shot a nearby foot belong to one of the party.
Had she carried it muzzle up it might have been a different outcome.
Ken.
yes if she had unloaded it as she must have finished to put it in the slip! std practice once finished then unload...
 
Had she carried it muzzle up it might have been a different outcome.
Ken.
Yes, could have been a head instead.

Err, John, I think that’s another that’s debatable.
Ken.
Ok you debate it with someone else Ken lol.

The correct term is, “hear, hear!” It is an abbreviation for “hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say!”
 
Yes, could have been a head instead.


Ok you debate it with someone else Ken lol.

The correct term is, “hear, hear!” It is an abbreviation for “hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say!”
Surprising what you can learn from Google 😘
Ken.
 
Muzzle down, bolt open. Balances better, should something weird happen none of my rifles fire with the bolt open, and I tape the Mod
 
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