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Originally Posted by Wes Stueber
Thanks for the photos and info, Dave - much appreciated here!!
I just CANNOT understand the reasoning behind NOT having a safety lever on a shotgun, or any gun, for that matter?
Can you, or any of our other knowledgeable Parker members, enlighten me as to WHY or WHAT they thought back then..? To me, it is very dangerous.
Maybe I should have bid on the VHE 20 gauge w/ 30" bbls. - w/o the safety..? It sold for $3,100. and was made in 1920. Oh well, I'm learning.
Good shooting & thanks again!
Wes
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If you are shooting live birds or a clay target game, the gun isn't loaded until ready to shoot. Top shooters preferred that feature. I prefer it too. On my clays guns I'll dismantle the auto-safety. Remove the rod on a Parker, lock the safety off on a Lefever.
Hunting guns are a different animal, there I don't lock the safety off. I never trust that an auto-safety actually engages the safety, I'll always check to make sure the safety is actually engaged. That said, I do use some of my clays guns for hunting, unless they are a live bird configuration.
BTW, I've never seen a SBT with a safety.