re: Tikka (and other rifles) Safety Question

I wouldn't have expected so much discussion about safeties. Personally, I prefer the 3 position Savage or Winchester M70 safeties, but I'm comfortable w/ whatever safety the gun I'm using has. For the last couple years my main hunting guns have been Remington XP-100's and Savage bolt action handguns, but I've used just about everything else through the years. The XP bolt can be worked w/ the safety engaged so that's how I use it to load or unload the gun. OTOH, I've used guns w/ a blind box mag (no floor plate) where one had to work the action to unload the mag one round at a time. If the safety had to be "off", I just made a point to keep my finger off the trigger and point the muzzle in a safe direction while running the mag. I've had guns w/ hinged floor plates, but I know some hunters who prefer a detatchable/blind mag for fear the hinged floor plate may come loose and dump a mag full of ammo. Use what you're comfortable using. If you're uncomfortable w/ a gun's safety, change to a different gun.