I will post comments after shooting it. My understanding is that when you break open the barrels, it go to a 1/2 cock situation, and then you must finish cocking with the safety. It is easy to cock with the safety and does not take much of a push to get it to full cock position. It will be 2 or 3 weeks before I go shoot it, I am tied up with a lot of extra work at the moment. It should ease up in a couple of weeks though. I will let you know.