Okay, I'm convinced that it is a very secure and silent safety mechanism, and more or less easily applied when you get the hang of it. There's only one thing that worries me. When turning the safety off, what is keeping the knob and associated bolt components from flying forward and pushing the firing pin into the primer of the chambered round, other than the trigger part that pokes up through the bolt channel floor? (not sure of the technical terms for certain parts/areas...)
I was messing around with my '44 M38 tonight, and when I would disengage the safety, the knob would predictably return to the "cocked" position, as it should. But if I recall correctly (I possibly don't), when I first bought it some time ago, the safety knob would fly forward when released, unless one was careful. Now, I tightened the receiver screws up soon after I got the rifle (they were pretty loose), which tightened the trigger up, among other things, and I may well have totally misunderstood how the safety was supposed to operate, so I may be asking a series of unsensible questions.
So, to boil it down: When one is disengaging the M-N safety, (by pulling back on the knob and rotating the safety clockwise off the notch/rail it sits in when engaged), what is preventing the cocking piece from flying forward and touching off a round, and how safe and reliable is it?
This gun is a plinker for me, so it's kind of academic - I won't be hunting with it and am unlikely to need have it "cocked and locked" with 5 rounds in the magazine, I just like to know how this stuff works. Thanks!
I was messing around with my '44 M38 tonight, and when I would disengage the safety, the knob would predictably return to the "cocked" position, as it should. But if I recall correctly (I possibly don't), when I first bought it some time ago, the safety knob would fly forward when released, unless one was careful. Now, I tightened the receiver screws up soon after I got the rifle (they were pretty loose), which tightened the trigger up, among other things, and I may well have totally misunderstood how the safety was supposed to operate, so I may be asking a series of unsensible questions.
So, to boil it down: When one is disengaging the M-N safety, (by pulling back on the knob and rotating the safety clockwise off the notch/rail it sits in when engaged), what is preventing the cocking piece from flying forward and touching off a round, and how safe and reliable is it?
This gun is a plinker for me, so it's kind of academic - I won't be hunting with it and am unlikely to need have it "cocked and locked" with 5 rounds in the magazine, I just like to know how this stuff works. Thanks!