I read an article on the Montana, and went to the store to check one out. Really dissapointed. Spend all that money and get a loud safety. I hunt in heavy woods, and to me it is an issue. Counter guy said he uses 2 hands. Deer I shot this year was 20 yards. Hate to get excited and flip off safety.
This is a complaint with my 700 too.
Two hands for a safety? Must be a UP thing. I agree with you, if you can't operate the safety, you shouldn't get the gun. I thought guys were tougher up there.
The last 3 big bucks I shot were less than 30 feet away in northern MN. I'm sure they heard my safety about the same time the bullet broke their shoulders and the were flopping on the ground. I assure you, if he hears my safety, it's too late for him.1/2 the time I have to chamber a round as the deer is coming in, doesn't seem to bother them then either.
Whether or not I use it for deer will be up to me. They are fun to just shoot whether you're shooting deer, stumps, rocks, paper, clay pigeons, 7-up cans...and it's cheap.
I usually don't unchamber my rifle for deer season.
I take deer hunting serious. If you just want to flip it off, go ahead. My 700 I press on it, to quite it. With the mauser safety on the Montana, I can see how you a would want to grip it, and ease it off.
Heard the safety the same time they were hit? Huh, you must just be a the wild bill hickock of MN. Shooting from the hip. Practice is surely a waste of time for you.
There is some kind of fuzzy line between confidence, bravado, and being a hack.
