The mavericks have a button safety on the trigger guard but in front of the trigger instead of behind it like a remington. Might seem a little weird at first but I actually like it better that way. More of a natural motion pushing it off as part of sweeping your finger into the guard while raising it. A little bit like how cocking a hammer back is a natural part of the motion of shouldering one.
Used to have a savage 20 guage with a tang safety and never did get along with that thing. Always felt backwards to me. Had to push it forward to take it off safe when it seems you should pull it back to do that as it's just a more natural part of the motion of bringing it up. Pulling it back into your shoulder while pushing something forward at the same time always seemed odd.
That and that safety was always a little loose. Not unsafe but rather too safe. Every once in awhile the recoil would jiggle it back on safe then the next shot wouldn't fire.
I got in the habit of laying my thumb up on the tang to make sure it stayed forward instead of taking a full grip on the stock. Then later on I sold it and got the remington and had to unlearn that habit.
Plenty of bolt action rifles have the same kind of safety and it doesn't bother me at all there but it's not like you're trying to get off quick successive shots before the birds fly too far away with those.
I can make just about anything work but little stuff like that can make a difference and sometimes the traditional way of things isn't always the best way at least for me.
Safetys on ARs are another one. Easy natural motion to flip it from safe to fire but to get it back on safe you gotta hook it with the top of your thumb and pull it rear and up. Then when the government gave me a real m16 with the 3rd position once you flip it that far you gotta take a hand completely off the rifle to turn it all the way back around.
Gotta be a better way.
Used to have a savage 20 guage with a tang safety and never did get along with that thing. Always felt backwards to me. Had to push it forward to take it off safe when it seems you should pull it back to do that as it's just a more natural part of the motion of bringing it up. Pulling it back into your shoulder while pushing something forward at the same time always seemed odd.
That and that safety was always a little loose. Not unsafe but rather too safe. Every once in awhile the recoil would jiggle it back on safe then the next shot wouldn't fire.
I got in the habit of laying my thumb up on the tang to make sure it stayed forward instead of taking a full grip on the stock. Then later on I sold it and got the remington and had to unlearn that habit.
Plenty of bolt action rifles have the same kind of safety and it doesn't bother me at all there but it's not like you're trying to get off quick successive shots before the birds fly too far away with those.
I can make just about anything work but little stuff like that can make a difference and sometimes the traditional way of things isn't always the best way at least for me.
Safetys on ARs are another one. Easy natural motion to flip it from safe to fire but to get it back on safe you gotta hook it with the top of your thumb and pull it rear and up. Then when the government gave me a real m16 with the 3rd position once you flip it that far you gotta take a hand completely off the rifle to turn it all the way back around.
Gotta be a better way.