I suppose that I could adapt, but don't want to and that backward safety is the reason that I've never bought a CZ rifle. The pulling back the hammer is a good analogy that I never thought about, but having had a bolt action Cooper, Winchester, Ruger, Remington and a Mossberg where the safety all went forward, I think that backward safety has cost CZ some market share. Okay, that lever safety on my Savage 99F is "backward" and that even irks me some.

My other auto is a .45

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