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I have always loved drillings and have owned a bunch over the years. Except for a very few, they have all had Greener side safes, mostly on the left side of the wrist to accommodate right thumbs. I have taken great offense to this location being a lefty. I recently bought a Drual framed Sauer in 16 and 7X57R. It weighs 6 pounds, and of course it has the cursed left mounted Greener safety. I now have a solution to that problem and a gunsmith who can execute the solution. Here is the latest iteration:


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Posts: 2133 | Location: Tennessee | Registered: 18 February 2007Reply With Quote
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I have one of those on a Mauser bolt rifle. That does appear to be a rather elegant solution.

Who is the gunsmith, if you would not mind?

thanks,

Rich
 
Posts: 23062 | Location: SW Idaho | Registered: 19 December 2005Reply With Quote
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Vol717,
I too am a leftie and have a drilling with the Greener safety. That looks cool but I am not "seeing" how that makes life easier. I must be missing something obvious. Can you explain further?
To me that just looks like something else to snag my woolens.
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LouM
 
Posts: 106 | Location: Northern CA | Registered: 23 July 2005Reply With Quote
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I find this safety makes it easy to push off the safety much faster that trying to catch the edge of the side mounted button. I have had drillings with the safety mounted on the right side of the stock for a lefty. I like this better. The gunsmith agreed to let me post his contact info: The website is http://www.gunsmithingonly.com. They are in Kansas. Ask for Mike.


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Another lefty here...

Over the years, i've tried different ways to deal with the safety problem, and this is the best way for ME, your mileage may vary... lol



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Posts: 696 | Location: Upper Midwest, USA | Registered: 07 February 2007Reply With Quote
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Vol717, thanks for that picture. I saw a few similar modification on another website.

I've had and hunted with drillings with the Greener safety. I hate them. There's a lot going on inside the action of a drilling and a Greener is a simple solution but it doesn't come to hand naturally enough for me, even after practice.

I really like that solution, thanks for sharing.
 
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This is the best solution...the Schlagstuecksicherung

 
Posts: 1312 | Location: MN and ND | Registered: 11 June 2008Reply With Quote
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I had a Kessler drilling with one of those Schlagstuecksicherung thingies on the right side. Hated it.


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I had a Kessler drilling with one of those Schlagstuecksicherung thingies on the right side. Hated it.


Can I ask why? For me as a right hander, my thumb pushes the lever down as I mount the gun.
 
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Jon,

You must have long thumbs. I couldn't reach it on the right side.


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