I've been reading the amusing thread in the Gun writers section on Don Heath's article about rifle power and was reminded of a question about something he wrote in "Rifle Lessons Learned from the Zimbabwe Professional Hunter Proficiency Exam". I first found the article about a year or so ago when I was looking for a 375 H&H.
I'm not sure where this was originally pulblished but here is the version that generated my question.
http://www.africahunting.com/thread...ofessional-hunter-proficiency-exam.2604/
In the article, Don suggests an efficient and quick safety set up for a right handed shooter would be for the safety catch to be on the left side of the bolt or receiver. I have a new to me early Sako built on a FN action. It has a "flag" style safety on the left side of the bolt that will work if a scope is mounted. The safety arrangement does seem to have some merit. It's a little stiff (needs a good going over and cleaning) but my thumb doesn't have any trouble finding it. Unfortunately, this is my only experience with this set up on a hunting rifle.
If you have a picture of right handed rifles with left sided safeties please post them and let me know about your hunting experience with the set up.
Thanks,
Scott
I'm not sure where this was originally pulblished but here is the version that generated my question.
http://www.africahunting.com/thread...
In the article, Don suggests an efficient and quick safety set up for a right handed shooter would be for the safety catch to be on the left side of the bolt or receiver. I have a new to me early Sako built on a FN action. It has a "flag" style safety on the left side of the bolt that will work if a scope is mounted. The safety arrangement does seem to have some merit. It's a little stiff (needs a good going over and cleaning) but my thumb doesn't have any trouble finding it. Unfortunately, this is my only experience with this set up on a hunting rifle.
If you have a picture of right handed rifles with left sided safeties please post them and let me know about your hunting experience with the set up.
Thanks,
Scott