7. Safe Handling and Carrying of Non-Restricted Firearms

Question 1

What are the two items of PPE required to wear before entering a range?

Answer 1

Hearing and sight protection

Question 2

List the 4 procedures to follow when the “cease fire” command is given?

Answer 2

Firing stops at once, firearms are unloaded, actions are opened, firearms are laid on the mat or table, muzzles pointed in a safe direction down range, set back from the firing line and behind the ‘cease-fire’ line

Question 3

What direction is safe to point your firearm, when on the firing line?

Answer 3

Downrange

Question 4

You must agree on who shoots where, when shooting outdoors with a group. This is called the…?

Answer 4

Safe Zones of Fire

Question 5

List the carrying positions for firearms and their direction of discharge if the firearm was to be accidentally fired.

Question 6

At a range when can you load a firearm?

Answer 6

Only at the fireline can you load, unload, and discharge the firearm

Question 7

How would you get over a fence with a firearm alone?

Answer 7

unload and leave the action open, place under fence, cross well away from the muzzle direction

Question 8

How would you gry over a fence with a firearm with a group?

Answer 8

unload and leave the action open, cross obstacles, pass unloaded firearms