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MY BAD!!!!!!!!!!!! I see what you mean now!

The SO-CALLED safety button is, as I stated in my first post, an auto safety that can't be disconnected, because that is what cocks the rifle. The top lever is what pushes the button to the rear, on opening. This fact has one advantage, in fact, it leaves the action bar more solid. The system, however, is no more useless, beacuse of the cocking system, than a hammer double rifle,which must be manually cocked after each loading, as well. The problem comes when one is used to a a traditional double rifle, and you forget to re-cock after the re-load! Hammer rifles place the hammers, more or less, in your line of sight, as a reminder, but the button looks the same cocked, or uncocked when the rifle is mounted.

I would say if the Blazer is the only double rifle you will ever have, then once you become completely farmiliar with it's use, it would be no slower than a hammer double. I would rather have a hammer double rifle than a Blazer, because the re-cocking is easier, and silent if done properly.

4seventy do you give "READING CLASSES"? If so when can Mick, and I sign up?