| 400NitroExpress |
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| 10/12/06 04:51 PM |
Re: Questions about a 450/400 at Cabelas (not modem frendly)
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It's when you are just carrying the rifle with no game close and both safety's engaged, and you put up a good bull unexpectedly, that you could get caught out IMO.
Many double rifle shooters flick the safety off as the rifle comes up, and it would be easy to forget that extra lever on the stalking safety when the pressure is on.
Exactly. You wouldn't want the bolted safety engaged when you're carrying the rifle yourself. As the long as the detent that keeps it out of the way is good and stiff, and not prone to getting engaged inadvertently, I'd be comfortable with it. If not, I wouldn't be.
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As Mac pointed out, the stalking safety would be good insurance when your loaded double is in someone elses hands.
That's what the bolted safety was designed for - when a gunbearer was carrying the loaded rifle for the hunter. These days, if you hand it off to the tracker in exchange for your other rifle, the rifle he's carrying probably won't be loaded anyway. Bolted safeties really don't have much utility today, just an interesting gizmo from the past.