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JabaliHunter
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Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted
03/02/10 02:30 AM

I agree with Tophet1. I don't particularly like 3 position safeties, don't own a single rifle with one and don't really see the need for it. I like the safety either on or off. If I'm stalking close, I don't want to have to flick my safety twice to get ready to fire. When I need to unload, I point the rifle in a safe direction, flick off the safety and open the bolt. If an internal magazine needs to be emptied, that is what the floorplate is for. If its a blind magazine then the cartridges can almost always be thumbed out individually.

Good gun handling etiquette means that whenever handling a firearm, it should be pointed in a safe direction (safety engaged or not). That means at a safe backdrop, not just away from any nearby person. If you empty an internal magazine by cycling cartridges through the chamber with the safety on but bolt unlocked, the firearm must still be pointed in a safe direction, just as it would with no safety on. A rifle with the safety on is not a safe firearm - it is only safe when the chamber is empty. This also applies if you want to check that all your rounds cycle through your DG rifle - it should be done against a safe backdrop, safety or not. I wouldn't stand in font of anyone doing that just because they had a 3 position safety!!

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Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	gryphon	31/01/10 06:55 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Rockdoc	02/02/10 10:42 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	tophet1	02/02/10 11:04 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Rockdoc	03/02/10 05:44 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	tophet1	03/02/10 06:01 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Rockdoc	03/02/10 06:59 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	CHAPUISARMES	03/02/10 09:47 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Paul	04/02/10 01:18 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Rockdoc	04/02/10 02:09 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	EricD	04/02/10 03:58 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	DarylS	04/02/10 04:56 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	VonGruff	04/02/10 05:26 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	xausa	02/02/10 11:16 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	JabaliHunter	03/02/10 02:30 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	xausa	03/02/10 06:59 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	JabaliHunter	04/02/10 06:59 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	gryphon	04/02/10 07:49 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	DarylS	05/02/10 02:20 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Charles_Helm	05/02/10 01:03 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	MarkR	04/02/10 07:54 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Paul	04/02/10 09:44 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	CHAPUISARMES	04/02/10 08:02 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	joivill	22/02/10 07:43 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	joivill	22/02/10 07:48 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	joivill	22/02/10 10:47 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	joivill	22/02/10 10:53 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Rockdoc	22/02/10 08:04 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	joivill	22/02/10 09:30 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	Charles_Helm	04/02/10 03:46 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	gryphon	03/02/10 05:43 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	mehulkamdar	03/02/10 06:01 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	xausa	03/02/10 07:01 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	mehulkamdar	04/02/10 05:48 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	tophet1	03/02/10 07:48 AM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	mauserand9mm	03/02/10 01:59 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	CHAPUISARMES	03/02/10 03:14 PM
Re: Mauser `98 swing /mod 70 safety clues wanted	gryphon	03/02/10 05:26 PM

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