Thread: One up the spout

Originally Posted by scotty

you would hope......... i had a zastava (modern m98 clone ) with a trigger safety and one day i was showing the missus how to cycle rounds and how different safetys work on different actions , obviously no rounds live being used. i put the safety on and said "watch now i cant pull the trigger" then click as the firing pin hit the dummy round.......... this was a relatively brand new rifle at the time but it wasnt like that at the time of purchase. so after maybe a box of ammo thru it the safety adjustment screw had moved .....kinda lucky i find out the way i did but i do not trust trigger safetys at all

A safety catch is a mechanical device. Mechanical devices can/will fail. Calling it a "safety" catch is a misnomer and provides a false sense of security. I don't understand this insistence on having the firearm on ready, as if a nano second is the difference between getting a shot away successfully, or not?

Originally Posted by Ranger 888

A safety catch is a mechanical device. Mechanical devices can/will fail. Calling it a "safety" catch is a misnomer and provides a false sense of security. I don't understand this insistence on having the firearm on ready, as if a nano second is the difference between getting a shot away successfully, or not?

With me it’s not so much the ‘nano second’, it’s more the noise.

And in the bush the shooting ranges are well within hearing distance of the deer.