Check It Is All Clear

On picking up your own airgun – or being handed one in a shop, at a range or in the field – check to ensure that it’s been neither cocked, nor loaded. In the case of a PCP, that means ensuring no magazine has been inserted, opening the sidelever or bolt to ensure no pellet has been chambered, and squeezing the trigger while pointing the muzzle in a safe direction to ensure it’s not been cocked.