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The point being you don't weight till the middle of a charge to take the safety off so why would you weight to cock your Krieghoff.

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Sorry, but that's a particularly irresponsible statement, as what you describe is unsafe gun handling procedure. The safety is disengaged only when the rifle is mounted to shoot. If you've stopped, mounted the rifle and are waiting on the shot, fine, the safety can be off. At any other time, the safety of a rifle or shotgun should be "on". This is especially true when you're under stress and expecting the need for a snap shot any second - because people make mistakes under stress, and that's when failure to follow proper procedures are so potentially fatal. That's why safety procedures are drilled - so that you'll do what you trained under stress.

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400NE,

Going back to this statement. Why is it irresponsible to say your rifle should not be uncocked until the hunter is in the middle of a charge?

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The point being you don't weight till the middle of a charge to take the safety off so why would you weight to cock your Krieghoff. The thing I like is it is absolutely safe when not cocked. You don’t have to recock it after a reload so it doesn’t slow you down that way. After you practice with the Krieghoff you will find the safety to be second nature as it should be and when you have game in your sights you won’t notice the slight increase in effort to move the safety lever.
Bill

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To me, he is saying virtually exactly the same thing as you are saying? Note the bold sentence.

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