Drover: Maybe YOU should direct your inquiry to CZ as they "decided" to change that "bassackwards" safety on their newer models.
Yeah ask CZ why they changed that abberation?
I know I refused to buy any of their rimfire models until they "corrected" this anomaly!
Forward is fire on the vast majority of American Rifles and Rifles sold in America.
I did buy a pair of used CZ "bassackwards" safety rimfire Rifles at give-away prices but only to turn them for a profit NOT for my use.
I did buy a new CZ 457 Varmint rimfire with the corrected safety.
FORWARD is fire!
PERIOD!
But as the french say - to each their own.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy