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Model 12 lever-type safety
John Clyde
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I have a Winchester Model 12 heavy duck on consignment, serial number dates it to 1946 or 47. Someone has installed a lever type safety on it of the type I've never encountered. I've seen a lot of different safeties of different types, mostly large head, left handed, etc, but never one like this. It's kind of a conical shape, not unlike an upside down dunce cap, with a round ball on the small end. When moved toward the front, the safety is off, and moved toward the rear it is on. It seems to work really well, I've just never seen one like it. Kind of reminds me of the old tang type safeties of the Remington and Savage Browning hump back copies. Anyone know who might have made these?
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Move your left trigger finger Into the trigger guard it releases the safety.
Much faster and intuitive than a button trigger guard safety. Along with "slam fire", Not for the novice, for
The experienced .
Many pump & auto upland bird shooters are dissatisfied with a button safety. Depending upon the terrain and bird hunted, fractions of a second bringing the gun to the "correct" shooting position is critical. Correct as to lenght of pull and placing the barrel correctly under the eyes. It is your trigger hand position around the stock wrist that will position the gun for the lenght of pull you desire. The forward hand will come to position naturally and establish instinctive point. But if during a flush your trigger hand needs to move about finding a button, that complicated with a gloved finger you are losing time and asking for a poor mount of the shotgun. For safety reasons as well as mechanical reasons button safeties are the normal on such guns. Perhaps one of the
Underlying reasons why many prefer a double . A english stock double with two triggers and a forward sliding thumb safety
Will allow an exaggerated LOP for heavy clothing.
Another option is to leave the safety off on a pump with the action open. Then closing the action with your forward hand as you mount the gun.