Haven’t shot anything but sxs in quite a while, except a bolt action 22 to take care of a woodchuck in a trap. That one has a safety but operates backwards.
I do have an Ithaca 37 and honestly as I remember - the safety there was a problem

Sometimes I get the idea that you're messing with us, Clark.

Auto safeties are just like anything else; it’s all a matter of what you’re used to. All my sxs’s have one except one; I wish it did and I have the rod for it but not interested in pulling the stock to reinstall it. Besides, “couldn’t get the safety off” is one of my main excuses for missing :rotf:

I do not like auto-safeties. If I remove a stock on a double-gun I will remove the auto-safety rod and work it as a manual safety. I am used to manual safeties on my hunting guns and there's nothing more annoying than an auto-safety on a target gun!! :cuss:

I too shoot a Ithaca M37. The only time I use the safety is if I hunt with it, otherwise it's fun to shoot in competition as the safety remains off. I just have to remember to pump!!

I never liked non automatic safeties, but I primarily hunt, and hunt alot.

The "Auto Saftey" should be the 6" between your ears.

I despise an automatic safety. IMHO, the real safety is not made into the gun, it is between one's ears.

I grew up shooting doubles with automatic safeties and it has never been an issue. I've shot tens of thousands of rounds of skeet with my Fox-Sterlingworth Ejector Skeet & Upland Game Gun in the last 20 years, and the automatic safety has never been an issue.

It’s like playing the piano.
Practice scales thousands of times and the muscle memory develops in the fingers.

I have a little drawer full of auto safety rods if you want one. I take them out of my personal guns.