Perfect reason to install the safety delete vs tightening down the set screw or using an o-ring.
And, I love gizmos lol! Cross bolt safety deletes in particular...
Marlin Lever - Cross Bolt Safety?
- Thread starter ronecol
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Perfect reason to install the safety delete vs tightening down the set screw or using an o-ring.
And, I love gizmos lol! Cross bolt safety deletes in particular...
I darn neat shot my toes off because my winchester did not have a safety.
This was a long time ago. NOW I NEVER HAVE A LOADED ROUD IN THE CHAMBER UNTIL I'M READY TO SHOOT. MY GOOD FREIND GOT SHOT IN THE BACK WITH HIS 30-30, AS IT SLID IN THE CANOE. HE IS VERY LUCKY THAT HE IS NOT DEAD. HIS RIFLE DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY??
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This was a long time ago. NOW I NEVER HAVE A LOADED ROUD IN THE CHAMBER UNTIL I'M READY TO SHOOT. MY GOOD FREIND GOT SHOT IN THE BACK WITH HIS 30-30, AS IT SLID IN THE CANOE. HE IS VERY LUCKY THAT HE IS NOT DEAD. HIS RIFLE DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY??
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I have 7 JM Marlin Cowboy models. One of them has a safety delete and the other 6 have safeties. All guns are perfectly reliable and while I don't claim to be the smartest or most dexterous person, I have never accidentally engaged the safety or had it get in the way.
I also have 2 Miroku Winchester 1892's and have put hundreds of .44 mag through them with nary a hitch. My girlfriend shot it, though, and it went "click" and I thought "Hmm, was that a light strike?" Nope, she just gripped it in a way that the tang safety slid back. I've never had that issue. With the Winchesters though, it does make the action heavier since the springs for the rebounding hammer are heavier. But I've never noticed it when actually firing it, only when cycling it at home. The Rossi models seem to be able to be tuned to be lighter.
I also have 2 Miroku Winchester 1892's and have put hundreds of .44 mag through them with nary a hitch. My girlfriend shot it, though, and it went "click" and I thought "Hmm, was that a light strike?" Nope, she just gripped it in a way that the tang safety slid back. I've never had that issue. With the Winchesters though, it does make the action heavier since the springs for the rebounding hammer are heavier. But I've never noticed it when actually firing it, only when cycling it at home. The Rossi models seem to be able to be tuned to be lighter.
Did that to a 30-30 and a .444.I put the safety delete with the saddle ring on my 45-70
I like it much better now
On a episode of north woods law one of the game wardens missed a moose because he forgot the cross bolt.
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I hate them because they are the answer to the question that nobody asked. Grew up with traditional levers and was taught how to handle them safely and exercised muzzle control at all times.
Being an old fossil seeing an exposed hammer gun with the hammer at full #### reminds me of a cat with its ears laid back. Screams caution. Wouldn't rely on crossbolt with rifle at full ####, too easy to get pushed off in rough country.
Being an old fossil seeing an exposed hammer gun with the hammer at full #### reminds me of a cat with its ears laid back. Screams caution. Wouldn't rely on crossbolt with rifle at full ####, too easy to get pushed off in rough country.
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buck knife
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- Golden forest
I don't mind them,but if I'm bear hunting I use the o ring trick to keep crossbolt safety in the fire position.safety first lol.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I'm in the camp on that. Any lever rifle I've owned has been of original layout or with deleted, add on safety crap. I be in me "lizard hood" yrs as well.
MosinMan13
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- Thornbury Ontario
Age old grave dig here but I’m getting nowhere finding any other solution, how did you go about getting yours in Canada? I can’t find any Beartooth mercantile products in Canada and they claim to be not shipping to Canada anymore.I put the safety delete with the saddle ring on my 45-70
I like it much better now
