barnbwt
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As part of the modifications I am doing with my '76 beater Ithaca, I am reworking the safety/bolt release controls, and I'm trying to determine if I need to add something to block the trigger when the bolt release is activated. In place of the cross-bolt safety and bolt-release lever, I intend to use a single thumb-flipped lever with four positions; safe/bolt released, safe, fire, fire/bolt released. The outermost positions being momentary.
On the Ithaca Model 37s, there is a bolt-release lever on the trigger guard which allows the slide to be pulled back after the hammer is cocked. Aside from preventing the user from accidentally pulling back on the slide and disabling the trigger under duress, does the bolt-latch serve any purpose as far as safety?
I won't try it on mine with a live round
eek but depressing the bolt release does not disengage the trigger, so firing with the bolt-carrier "unlocked" is possible. The carrier is still forward, so the bolt itself remains locked up. But would this enable the shotgun to fire out of battery more easily (bear in mind my shotgun has no disconnector in the trigger group, so this is slightly more of an issue I have to keep in mind)?
TCB
On the Ithaca Model 37s, there is a bolt-release lever on the trigger guard which allows the slide to be pulled back after the hammer is cocked. Aside from preventing the user from accidentally pulling back on the slide and disabling the trigger under duress, does the bolt-latch serve any purpose as far as safety?
I won't try it on mine with a live round
eek but depressing the bolt release does not disengage the trigger, so firing with the bolt-carrier "unlocked" is possible. The carrier is still forward, so the bolt itself remains locked up. But would this enable the shotgun to fire out of battery more easily (bear in mind my shotgun has no disconnector in the trigger group, so this is slightly more of an issue I have to keep in mind)?TCB
