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Recently I was shown a beautiful H&H 300 flanged from 1910 double rifle, with something that was new to me: a standard safety that had a swinging second safety to lock/unlock the classic one.

I have no photos yet, but maybe someone can give more details on such double safety device. It was very nice finished of course

When I called a guy at Dickson about the same thing ... he said its a second safety, on the first safety, so the gun bearer doesn't accidentally shoot the hunter in the back.

Are you talking about a bolted safety?





Ken

More often known as a “stalking safety” designed to stop the safety being moved off whilst sliding the rifle along through the heather.

In Scotland the guide known as the “stalker” generally looks after the stalking rifle until it is time to slide it forward to the guest, referred to as the”rifle” to take the shot.

Scots stalkers are highly skilled but not always very literate.

The story is told of a guest, seeing the stalker struggling to decipher his employer’s note, offered to help.

On reading “Make sure that Mr. M. sees some deer, but it is not necessary for him to shoot one” he explained “He wants me to get a least one good stag”.