Traditions Vortek Ultralight - Manual (Page 6)

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4. Be sure of your target, and what is around and
beyond it. The bullet fired from your rifle can
travel over one mile, and has the potential to kill
or seriously injure someone at that distance!
Once you pull the trigger, you cannot call the
bullet back, so you must positively identify your
target before you fire. Never fire (for instance, at
a noise, a movement, a rustling bush, or a shape
in the dark) until you have positively identified
your target as something you intend to shoot.
Fire only with a safe backstop behind your target
- something that will stop and contain the bullets
you fire, even if you miss the target or your bullet
passes through it.
5. Whenever you handle a firearm that, even
momentarily, has been out of your direct control,
start by checking its condition to determine
whether or not it is loaded. A firearm in your
hands is a lethal weapon which is YOuR
responsibility, so YOu must check it yourself,
NOW, not later. Do not rely on someone else to
check it. Do not take someone else’s word for
the firearm’s condition. Do not rely on your
memory of having checked the firearm previously,
or on your belief that you left it unloaded the
last time you used or handled it. Check it again
yourself now.
6. Never give a firearm to anyone, or take a firearm
from anyone, unless it is unloaded and the action
is open. If someone tries to hand you a firearm
with the action closed, politely ask them to open it
before you take it from them. If you need to open
the action of a firearm with which you are not
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RULES OF FIREARMS SAFETY
1. Treat all firearms as if they were loaded, at all
times. Many accidents occur with firearms that are
handled carelessly, because they are believed to
be “unloaded”. These accidents can be avoided by
handling all firearms the same way you would handle
a loaded firearm, at all times. even after you verify
that a gun is unloaded, you should continue handling
it as you would a loaded gun, and make sure that
others around you do the same.
2. Point the muzzle in a safe direction at all times. A
“safe direction” is one in which, if the firearm were
to discharge, there would be no injury to anyone.
Never point a gun (whether you think it is loaded or
unloaded - see Rule #1 above) directly at another
person or at yourself. Consider that a bullet can
ricochet (glance off) pavement, floors, walls, rocks,
the ground, water, ice or almost any other object it
strikes. Also, bullets can penetrate walls, ceilings,
floors, doors, windows, and many other materials to
kill or injure someone on the opposite side.
3. keep your finger off the trigger and outside the
trigger guard until you are aimed at a proper target
and have decided to fire. If your finger is inside
the trigger guard, you could fire your gun without
intending to - for instance, if you were startled, or
if you slipped or lost your balance. By keeping your
finger outside the trigger guard until you are on
target and intend to fire, you ensure that you will
never hit anything you do not intend to.