How to carry a lever safely with a round in the chamber?

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Are you carrying your levers with the hammer down, half cocked, or back and ready to fire??????
I've never hunted without a safety. This deer season, I'd like to take a lever for the first time and it just seems strange not to have the safety.
Educate me please
 
Leave it on half #### and control your muzzle... if you are going to shoot, as the gun is coming up to your shoulder, your finger slides into the trigger guard as your thumb reaches for the hammer and your hand slides into the lever... it should all happen together and almost without thinking... IME.
 
yeah hammer completely in the 'uncocked' position but on a live round.... be competent in your muzzle control! use the thumb to slide the hammer back moments before dropping that hammer ;)

WL


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Win 94 early model BB experience.. No CBS. I don't believe theres Half #### either :D (Lever safety/must be pressed to activate trigger)
 
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WhelanLad said:
yeah hammer completely in the 'uncocked' position but on a live round.... be competent in your muzzle control! use the thumb to slide the hammer back moments before dropping that hammer ;)

WL
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Half cocked would be better, no? If the hammer is against a live round an impact on the hammer could set it off, like if you were to drop it for instance.
 
That's why I love the Cross Bolt Saftey.

No CBS?, no round in the chamber for me. Life's short enough as it is.
Hate me if ya wanna.
 
My X2 was towards Hoytcannon's response.
I have a winchester 30-30 and dog with it in half ####.
If you bump the hammer it could go off.

I can tell you that I once tripped over an old fallen barbwire fence while walking with my rifle in half ####. I had my finger off the trigger and hand in the lever. Buried the muzzle in the dirt when I fell but it didn't go off. Gouged my middle finger on the lever loop but with the help of a bore snake I was back on my way.
 
hoytcanon said:
Leave it on half #### and control your muzzle... if you are going to shoot, as the gun is coming up to your shoulder, your finger slides into the trigger guard as your thumb reaches for the hammer and your hand slides into the lever... it should all happen together and almost without thinking... IME.
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:agree:
I hunt with a pre-safety Amadeo Rossi 92 carbine in 454 casull.
The big bucks in my area are pretty spooky.
In the time I levered a round the buck would be long gone.
One in chamber, hammer half ####.
 
GMC403 said:
That's why I love the Cross Bolt Saftey.

No CBS?, no round in the chamber for me. Life's short enough as it is.
Hate me if ya wanna.
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To each their own but I would never want a lever with a crossbolt safety. Mine has the half #### and lever safety. By that I mean you have to squeeze the lever to be able to pull the trigger. That's enough for me. If you are deer hunting and pushing the bush and a deer jumps out infront of you are you telling me that you'd have to work the cross bolt and then #### the hammer before you can take that shot?
 
on half ####. that blocks the hammer like a safety. the lever is much safer than a bot action to carry with a round in the chamber because its not cocked. its easy to thumb the hammer back as you raise the rifle.
 
Mine has the half #### and lever safety. By that I mean you have to squeeze the lever to be able to pull the trigger. That's enough for me. If you are deer hunting and pushing the bush and a deer jumps out infront of you are you telling me that you'd have to work the cross bolt and then #### the hammer before you can take that shot?
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^^^This^^^
My Marlin 336 has this same setup and it works fine for me. Muzzle control should be a given regardless of the type of safety.
 
Yup, half cocked it is.
The safety is second nature but the levers have spent too much time in the safe. I hope not to miss out on too many deer pulling the trigger on a half cocked hammer though.
 
rem74283 said:
^^^X2
Just remember to pull the hammer back when you go to shoot. Where do you think the expression "going in half cocked" came from?
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I thought the expression was "go off half cocked". To act prematurely, to blow up unexpectly. If anything it refers to the unreliability of the half #### as a safety back in the flintlock days.
 
I think that expression comes from worn out 'half-####' positions on the sears of Colt SAA pistols allowing the hammer to fall with the slightest provocation.
 
Browning BLR has a unique way of dealing with this. Hammer is hinged and can be folded forward in halfcock. That would be my preference.
 
rem74283 said:
If you are deer hunting and pushing the bush and a deer jumps out infront of you are you telling me that you'd have to work the cross bolt and then #### the hammer before you can take that shot?
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Nope full cocked just push the CBS, no different than a pump CBS or a bolt action 2 position safety.
 
rb_roadrace said:
^^^This^^^
My Marlin 336 has this same setup and it works fine for me. Muzzle control should be a given regardless of the type of safety.
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So do you hunt with the Lever slightly open so the lever saftey is on, then squeeze shut when time to fire?.
 
For folks using Mossberg 464's, you can have a round chambered & hammer lowered, but use the tang safety help ensure safe condition. These rifles have no half-####, but have the lever grip safety along with the tang mounted one. Either of them block the hammer.

Least they ain't got push buttons to screw up the looks of a decent rifle......Fookin' lawyers.f:P:
 
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