My 1895G has a crossbolt safety, remove the buttstock, flip the safety to the off/ready to fire position, take small screwdriver and turn the safety screw in until it stops, replace buttstock, safety is now inoperable and the you use it just like the presafety guns with the hammer at halfcock. As for the squeeze safety, something must be up if you have to squeeze the lever hard as mine is smooth as silk, you just close the lever and it's ready to rock, no squeezing, it's a 2009 edition 1895G.
