Without a "safety"?

Mikie ...

Nor Cal Mikie said:
How many of you run your bench guns "without" a safety?
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We all do! Our BOLTS ARE ALWAYS REMOVED UNTIL THE WORDS "PLACE BOLTS IN YOUR RIFLES" when on the firing line.

The bolt in a "B"enchrest gun IS the safety. When it's out, the rifle of course can't be fired. ;)
 
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Without a Safety

I have shot Register Trap for years and no real trap gun has a Safety .
 
I can't think of any circumstance, in any competition, bench or otherwise, that you would, or could, use a safety.
 
Maybe you can rely on a safety

Maybe you can rely on the safety but nobody else can. It is too small and there is no time or good way to check and see that everyone's safety works the way it is susposed to.

Bolt out, action open, empty charmber, that we can rely on, still keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.

One safety is not safe enough. A Modern 1911, cocked and locked has three, one for the grip, one for the thumb and one for the trigger, if you don't grip the gun, thumb of the safety and pull the trigger is should not go off.

Tim
 
Safety

There is really only one real, honest to goodness, fool proof safety on a bolt action rifle. The bolt out of the Rifle.........jackie
 
In one old gunsmithing book the author wrote that the reader would find no safety rules in this book. He'd discovered that if he included 1000 or 10,000 safety rules that some idiot would still figure out a way to injure himself. The same applies to safeties on guns.

Relying on a safety is like relying on a politician.

OTOH I agree with Bill Wynne, and the 1911 I pack is "cocked and locked" but I wouldn't point it at anything I didn't intend on shooting if need be.
 
Tim

Another "safety" on the 1911 is what they taught us in the Army. They called it the "Enemy Safety".

If you have the pistol cocked and ready to fire, and pull back the slide just a little, it will not fire.

The idea was if you were ever in the situation where an enemy soldier took your 1911 away, and was ready to kill you with it, you could lunge forward, push the slide back a little, and he could not fire.

Man, I could never amagine having the intestinal fortitude to do that, I would be too busy crapping in my pants and waiting to see Jesus. But the Drill Sargent who handed us that line swore the Pistol was designed for just such a case. I always had my doubts........jackie
 
Jackie, while the 1911 won't fire out of battery, I'd be right with you having my pants loaded and praying. :D
 
jackie schmidt said:
Another "safety" on the 1911 is what they taught us in the Army. They called it the "Enemy Safety".

If you have the pistol cocked and ready to fire, and pull back the slide just a little, it will not fire.

The idea was if you were ever in the situation where an enemy soldier took your 1911 away, and was ready to kill you with it, you could lunge forward, push the slide back a little, and he could not fire.

Man, I could never amagine having the intestinal fortitude to do that, I would be too busy crapping in my pants and waiting to see Jesus. But the Drill Sargent who handed us that line swore the Pistol was designed for just such a case. I always had my doubts........jackie
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Jackie
Did any of the new recruits bother mentioning the fact that the "enemy safety" could more easily be used against your benefit than for it?
And if so how did they enjoy KP duty that month:D

Personally I'd throw my underwear at anyone who took away my 1911 in a fight. That'll teach em:D
 
Art,
I have one of those. Picked it up at a local gun/pawn shop. He has a box with various used holsters, web stuff, etc. Think I paid about $7 for it. Works fine.

Donald
 
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