Broken Manual Safety on Savage 64

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Hi. A few days ago I broke the manual safety lever off my Savage model 64. It was on safe when it broke, and I moved it back to fire, the metal piece just snapped at a corner. It still fires fine, I’ve probably put 250 rounds through it since. Are there any real concerns with this? I never leave a round chambered, and carry the loaded magazine in my pocket. Maybe I misunderstood the PAL instructer when he said don’t rely on a manual safety and took it to mean, don’t use it, but I rarely do. I don’t thel anyone it’s “on safe” when I hand it, I prove it.

Is it worth going through the hassle of buying and installing a new safety lever or should I just let it be?

Thanks
Tim
 
Well, the gun is worth just about nothing right now. Nobody wants a defective gun. If the gun is new, then that may be covered by warranty, otherwise you should buck up and pay for the part if you ever intend on moving that gun along.
 
You may have 2 different safeties. There should (I dunno on newest flavours..) be 2 little detents where charging handle can be pressed into receiver. One for "safe" (original Cooeys had only this for a safety), and one to hold chamber open. It will not lock the trigger, but it will lock the bolt. Less convenient than the thumb safety

Replacing the current one would be a choice, and yours to make. Your instructor was correct that no mechanical safety is "better" than responsible, and safe handling, but that doesn't mean people should start removing them.

If you (or your smith) contact Savage, and explain the issue they may provide the replacement part free.
 
camster said:
You may have 2 different safeties. There should (I dunno on newest flavours..) be 2 little detents where charging handle can be pressed into receiver. One for "safe" (original Cooeys had only this for a safety), and one to hold chamber open. It will not lock the trigger, but it will lock the bolt. Less convenient than the thumb safety
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I have an old Winchester/Cooey 64B with the safety mentioned here. I have a newer stainless Savage 64 as well. The Savage only has a single detent for holding the bolt all the way back. Mine is only a year or so old, not sure when they eliminated the safety detent.

Jim
 
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