HUNTER SAFETY CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● Basic Parts of a Firearm: Action
Answer: heart of the firearm - moving parts that load, fire, and eject the
shells or cartridges; there are many types of these
●● Do muzzleloaders have actions?
Answer: no they have locks
●● Basic Parts of a Firearm: Stock
Answer: the handle of the firearm - composed of 1 or 2 pieces and
usually made of wood or synthetic material
●● Basic Parts of a Firearm: Barrel
Answer: the metal tube that the bullet travel through
●● What travel through the barrel in a handgun/rifle?
Answer: bullets
●● What travels through the barrel in a shotgun?
,Answer: shots
●● What is a safety?
Answer: device that blocks the action to prevent the firearm from
shooting until the safety is released or pushed to the "off" position - used
to prevent accidental firing
●● Should safeties be relied on?
Answer: no, they are mechanical and can fail or can be bumped from the
safe position unknowingly
●● What can happen if you use the incorrect ammunition in a gun?
Answer: you can cause an explosion, injuring or killing yourself or any
bystanders
●● How should you match the correct ammunition?
Answer: Read the specific caliber or gauge designations on the side of
the barrel, carefully read the information on the lid of the ammunition
box, and match the information on the barrel to the cartridge or shotshell
*before you shot*
●● What does the maximum projectile range tell you?
Answer: the distance your firearm's projectile could cause injury or
damage to persons, animals, or objects
, ●● What does the effective killing range tell you?
Answer: when a shot will give a clean kill - will always be less than the
maximum projectile range
●● How to clean your firearm - S1
Answer: Point the muzzle in a safe direction and make sure it's unloaded
●● How to clean your firearm - S2
Answer: remove all ammunition
●● How to clean your firearm - S3
Answer: field strip the firearm as directed in the manual and clean each
part
●● How to clean your firearm - S4
Answer: follow instructions in your cleaning kit; if possible, clean the
barrel from the breech end, using a bore guide and a cleaning rod
holding a bore-brush or patch (wetted with solvent)
●● How should firearms be stored?
Answer: in a locked location with the ammunition in another location,
location being a cool, clean, and dry
EVALUATION TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● Basic Parts of a Firearm: Action
Answer: heart of the firearm - moving parts that load, fire, and eject the
shells or cartridges; there are many types of these
●● Do muzzleloaders have actions?
Answer: no they have locks
●● Basic Parts of a Firearm: Stock
Answer: the handle of the firearm - composed of 1 or 2 pieces and
usually made of wood or synthetic material
●● Basic Parts of a Firearm: Barrel
Answer: the metal tube that the bullet travel through
●● What travel through the barrel in a handgun/rifle?
Answer: bullets
●● What travels through the barrel in a shotgun?
,Answer: shots
●● What is a safety?
Answer: device that blocks the action to prevent the firearm from
shooting until the safety is released or pushed to the "off" position - used
to prevent accidental firing
●● Should safeties be relied on?
Answer: no, they are mechanical and can fail or can be bumped from the
safe position unknowingly
●● What can happen if you use the incorrect ammunition in a gun?
Answer: you can cause an explosion, injuring or killing yourself or any
bystanders
●● How should you match the correct ammunition?
Answer: Read the specific caliber or gauge designations on the side of
the barrel, carefully read the information on the lid of the ammunition
box, and match the information on the barrel to the cartridge or shotshell
*before you shot*
●● What does the maximum projectile range tell you?
Answer: the distance your firearm's projectile could cause injury or
damage to persons, animals, or objects
, ●● What does the effective killing range tell you?
Answer: when a shot will give a clean kill - will always be less than the
maximum projectile range
●● How to clean your firearm - S1
Answer: Point the muzzle in a safe direction and make sure it's unloaded
●● How to clean your firearm - S2
Answer: remove all ammunition
●● How to clean your firearm - S3
Answer: field strip the firearm as directed in the manual and clean each
part
●● How to clean your firearm - S4
Answer: follow instructions in your cleaning kit; if possible, clean the
barrel from the breech end, using a bore guide and a cleaning rod
holding a bore-brush or patch (wetted with solvent)
●● How should firearms be stored?
Answer: in a locked location with the ammunition in another location,
location being a cool, clean, and dry
