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Marrakai
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Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?
24/12/06 02:27 PM

Kalunga:
That article by Don Heath (if its the one I'm thinking of) is a few years old now, and he did capitulate grudgingly in a follow-up article some months later (I was subscribing to African Hunter at the time).

Personally, I don't own any bolt rifles with Winchester-style 3-position safeties, but if I were fitting one to a Mauser 98 I would agree with Don's original observations and fit a left-handed version (I'm right handed). My early experience with bolt-rifles is with the Lee Enfield, which has its safety high on the left side, works perfectly for a right-handed shooter.

I don't know anyone who doesn't wrap their thumb over the grip, especially for the big-kickers we're usually talking about on this forum.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	Kalunga	24/12/06 06:15 AM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	allenday	28/12/06 02:51 AM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	RLI	24/12/06 10:49 AM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	Marrakai	24/12/06 02:27 PM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	RLI	24/12/06 07:36 PM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	Kalunga	28/12/06 02:10 AM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	Marrakai	28/12/06 05:40 PM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	nopride2	30/12/06 03:56 PM
Re: left-hand safety on a right-hand Winchester 70 ?	Kalunga	30/12/06 02:46 AM

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