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Originally Posted by Danke
It's required because you'll be seizing real firearms (at times loaded) at the border and you'll have to make them safe and secure them on the spot.
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Ah I see. That makes much more sense, although CBSA designates military experience with firearms not suitable for this purpose. What the military does compared to the CFSC/CRFSC is beyond my knowledge.
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Originally Posted by Dracheous
Ya'll laugh, but looking down the barrel is in fact IN the damn PAL course as part of how you prove a weapon safe.
It is always the last part of the process; you would never start with looking down the barrel. Because you have cleared the magazine from the firearm, and checked the chamber for any live munition at this point examining the barrel should be safe. The reality is at that point with an open action and cleared chamber the only possible way you get injured by looking down the barrel is two stage munitions. Seeing as HE/Incendiary are prohibited you're pretty much 100% safe.
It is also an important part of proving the firearm SAFE to ensure that there is no debris or blockage in the barrel. the gun is not SAFE to load and fire if this is not ensured. Proving safe is not only for cleaning and storage but future use as well.
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PAL course is the CFSC and/or CRFSC I assume? I don't see anything out there about the PAL course as a 3rd and separate course.
I took both of them, and yes, the instructor did in fact show the consequences of debris/blockage in the barrel. Not the looney-toons exaggerated mushrooming of the bore, but something very similar.
I guess I didn't get the message that looking down the bore is ONLY to look for obstructions that were NOT live-ammunition. I had assumed that there was still a possibility of ammunition going down the barrel past the breach where the barrel holds the cartridge in place, so I felt iffy about looking down the bore even after the chamber is cleared.