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The 3 position military Mauser safety has yet to be beat IMO.
That’s about itMostly I want a safety that works correctly regardless of the type, but only have safeties on what I would consider my hunting rifles. I do not have safeties on my target rifles.
Bob
That's my feeling -- with the 3-position safety, you never have to go hot, loading and unloading, and when you're crawling through a blowdown, the bolt is locked down, and you don't have to worry about inadvertently lifting it.The 3 position military Mauser safety has yet to be beat IMO.
Exactly so - I will not have a rifle in my safe that doesn't have a three-position safety. OTOH, I'm a tang kinda guy for that three position safety, because of the inherent ergonomics of the tang safety position.the 3-position safety, you never have to go hot, loading and unloading, and when you're crawling through a blowdown, the bolt is locked down, and you don't have to worry about inadvertently lifting it.
Well, the sear safety *does* block the firing pin / striker from moving - so long as the mechanical interface between sear and striker is intact. The value of a striker / firing pin safety is that it will work even if the striker slips off the sear.The tang and two position "safety's" only block the movement of the trigger. That's a poor excuse for a safety. A real safety would block the firing pin from moving.
jmr40 said:As long as it locks the bolt down when on "Safe" I don't have a huge preference.