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re: Tikka (and other rifles) Safety Question
Posted on 1/1/17 at 1:31 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 1/1/17 at 1:31 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 1/1/17 at 3:25 pm to No Colors
I was unsure how my older Tikka (m695) worked with the safety so I picked it up to see.
On the m695, if you bolt in a round in the safety position you can lift the bolt without placing it into fire. If you engage the safety into the fire position, and go back you cannot lift the bolt unless the safety is in the fire position. If you bolt in a round in the fire position you must place it back into fire before you can lift the bolt.
Overall, not a bad compromise, but I prefer the override available on guns like the Sako A7 and Browning X-Bolt.
On the m695, if you bolt in a round in the safety position you can lift the bolt without placing it into fire. If you engage the safety into the fire position, and go back you cannot lift the bolt unless the safety is in the fire position. If you bolt in a round in the fire position you must place it back into fire before you can lift the bolt.
Overall, not a bad compromise, but I prefer the override available on guns like the Sako A7 and Browning X-Bolt.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 6:26 pm to No Colors
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.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 11:44 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
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blind box mag (no floor plate) where one had to work the action to unload the mag one round at a time
Dumbest firearm invention of all time.
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