1. Hunter Safety From foukeffa.org GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office
To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum
Course 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. Four Human Traits That Cause Accidents
Ignorance
Carelessness
Excitement
Competition or Peer Pressure

7. Firearms and Ammunition

8. Objectives Identify 5 major firearm actions Define firearm
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
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

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