I have a winchester 9422 and it' s a great gun. I don' t think you' ll find a lever action with a " trigger safety" . A lever action' s safety is the hammer( 1/2 cocked), mine has that one, that but not a typical trigger safety I think you are referring to. I have used many .22' s and found this and the Ruger 10/22 to be tops in their class. Good luck!