RedLeg, I very happy that you like your Blaser S2 and that the system didn't cause you a problem. I rarely agree with Terry on just about anything, but do agree with him on this subject!
The fact is a properly set up double rifle is one that has removed any draw-back to a quick re-load in a tight situation, when there is fewer things to think about, or extra movements needed to complete a STOP, when failure to do so in time to avoid being injured or killed by a close quarters with a very determined and lethal animal. That is the job a good double rifle is made for.
Like the auto safety, which is much easer to remedy than having to re-cock a double rifle after the first two shots do not stop a Buff, Lion, or elephant, is not a feature I want on any double rifle I own.
To show you what I mean, in a timed shoot out of seven double rifles I own I happened to be shooting the only one I had not removed the automatic feature on the safety. This was a timed shoot on a small 8 inch target with a 2 inch 10 ring. This was 10 shooters shooting at the same time each being timed by a spotter with a digital stop watch. Time started when the first shot was fired, and stopped when shot four was fired.
The rifles were set up with both barrels loaded, and required four shots the placed within the 8 inches to be counted. the target was at 25 yds the distance where most cape buffalo charges start. With pressure on the shooters wo win this contest. The highest score that one could make was 40 points if all four shots hit the 2 inch 10 ring. No shot that missed the 8 inch black were counted.
I took third place out of two line ups of 10 (20 shooters) with a score of 36 points in four seconds flat. Top this off I forgot the auto safety, even though I had shot over 100 rounds from this rifle both on the range, and hunting of non-dangerous game with this rifle, I was fully aware of the draw back the safety presented, but under pressure and time sensitive competition, which is not as much pressure as a close encounter with a buffalo, or lion I simply forgot and tried to fire number three shot with that safety in the on position and if it had had the auto feature removed I could have shaved another second off that time. That extra second if facing a lion within 25 yds may have cost me my life, or at least a mauling!
Just like any extra thing needed to complete a job, especially under extreme pressure is a potential hazard to your well being. The K-gun negates that auto de-cocking once cocked, yet is just as safe to be carried fully loaded as the S2, but when opened to be recharged in a close fight, it RE-COCKS ITS SELF! That is the difference!
....................................Mac