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Gunsmithing
Ruger American bolt lifts TOO easily
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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1360215" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>It's a liability thing. Remington 700's used to lock the bolt when on safe and you had to take the safety off to cycle the bolt. They changed that years ago to where they all will allow the bolt to open with the safety on. I guess the lawyers said there was too much chance of someone touching the trigger when the safety was off so they have to protect us from ourselves. Any rifle sold today that I can think of with a two position safety will allow the bolt to open with the safety on. The only ones I know of that lock the bolt any more have three position safeties. </p><p></p><p>I personally prefer the bolt to lock when the safety is on. My next preference is a three position safety but I'd rather have just two positions for the sake of simplicity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1360215, member: 30743"] It's a liability thing. Remington 700's used to lock the bolt when on safe and you had to take the safety off to cycle the bolt. They changed that years ago to where they all will allow the bolt to open with the safety on. I guess the lawyers said there was too much chance of someone touching the trigger when the safety was off so they have to protect us from ourselves. Any rifle sold today that I can think of with a two position safety will allow the bolt to open with the safety on. The only ones I know of that lock the bolt any more have three position safeties. I personally prefer the bolt to lock when the safety is on. My next preference is a three position safety but I'd rather have just two positions for the sake of simplicity. [/QUOTE]
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