Browning A-Bolt Safety
11-12-2019 | 06:23 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,938
Likes: 3
From: Kansas
It certainly seems to be a distinction which makes a difference to a great number of firearms owners, as we’ve collectively asked manufacturers to modify their firearm designs to allow administrative manipulation without disengaging the safety.
Lying to newer shooters like @Voyager28 to coddle them into believing they have to accept a rifle in which the safety has to be completely disengaged to cycle the bolt, on the false premise “most rifles are like that,” isn’t really helpful. He can buy a different rifle from any of over two thirds of the rest of the market - INCLUDING AN UPDATED VERSION OF HIS CURRENT RIFLE - and assuage his discomfort. Far more fish in this particular sea do not require the safety to be fully disengaged to cycle, and shooters are right to be discomforted by designs which do, such it’s an easy decision to make.
Lying to newer shooters like @Voyager28 to coddle them into believing they have to accept a rifle in which the safety has to be completely disengaged to cycle the bolt, on the false premise “most rifles are like that,” isn’t really helpful. He can buy a different rifle from any of over two thirds of the rest of the market - INCLUDING AN UPDATED VERSION OF HIS CURRENT RIFLE - and assuage his discomfort. Far more fish in this particular sea do not require the safety to be fully disengaged to cycle, and shooters are right to be discomforted by designs which do, such it’s an easy decision to make.
11-25-2019 | 08:19 AM
#17
Dominant Buck
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 23,817
Likes: 7
From: On an Island in Paradise
I like a 2 position tang safety and enjoy having that and being able to open the bolt on safety with my older Rugar 77 Ultra Lite. Nice lite weight gun and shoots well. If I were to buy a new Browning bolt the X-bolt would probably be my choice.
