Ruger also has a 3 position bolt safety. The middle safety will allow you to extract a live round and the firing pin can't fire. It is similar to the Winchester. Old Mausers have a 3 position bolt safety. Why Remington didn't do this is beyond me. Easy to have a misfire. If you accidentally drop a Remington and it hits on the bolt, it could fire, unlike other rifles. I have slipped and fell while hunting. I had to slam on the brakes on my truck one time, and my guns fell out of the gun rack. Don't use a gun rack anymore. Knocked my scope off about 8". Cheap scope, like 50 years ago.
