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Old 05-14-2025, 08:47 AM   #11
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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
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Old 05-14-2025, 05:24 PM   #12
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Sometimes I get the idea that you're messing with us, Clark.
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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
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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!!

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!!
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I never liked non automatic safeties, but I primarily hunt, and hunt alot.
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The "Auto Saftey" should be the 6" between your ears.
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I despise an automatic safety. IMHO, the real safety is not made into the gun, it is between one's ears.
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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.
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It’s like playing the piano.
Practice scales thousands of times and the muscle memory develops in the fingers.
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I have a little drawer full of auto safety rods if you want one. I take them out of my personal guns.
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