Auto safety

[Phil Yearout]

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

[Mike of the Mountain]

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!!

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

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!!

Me too Mike - we should probably stick to SXS’s.
I bought a new Stevens 20 gauge in 1964 that was a knockoff of the Ithaca 37 but fumbled a bit with the double triggers and tang safety of the Parker Trojan I shot interchangeably with the Stevens. But these days I fumble with the Stevens… if I even shoot it these days.





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