Presumably everyone posting knows how safeties work, that they only block the trigger and do not affect the cocked status of the action. So disengaging the safety before starting to mount is not a major safety no no. It might be safer than fumbling during mounting and that is important in connection to a side or other awkward mounted safety button.
It is possible to make a gun go off with the safety engaged.
Even famous expert shots confuse the function of the safety. Corbett wrote "i never carried a cocked gun" when he meant he never carried it with the safety off. His hammerless double rifle was inevitably cocked if it was opened, loaded and then closed.
Last edited by Shotgunlover; 07/09/17 12:57 PM.
