416WSM on Siamese Mauser & 416/348Ackley Improved on Martini

Feedback from my cousin is that he does not like the left hand side activation. He would prefer that it fuctioned the same as early Brno safeties. Where forward and right, orientated across the bolt is safe. Fully back and orientated in line with the bolt is Fire.
By only mirroring the lever I think this can be achieved, but I cannot include the bolt lock with the laser cut blanks I have. Back to the shed to make one up for trial #2.
 
Feedback from my cousin is that he does not like the left hand side activation. He would prefer that it fuctioned the same as early Brno safeties. Where forward and right, orientated across the bolt is safe. Fully back and orientated in line with the bolt is Fire.
By only mirroring the lever I think this can be achieved, but I cannot include the bolt lock with the laser cut blanks I have. Back to the shed to make one up for trial #2.
I would not want full back to be the fire position if avoidable. It is more awkward for thumb to pull safety back when gun is mounted. Simply pushing safety forward is more natural than trying to catch, hold, and pull it back. If safety remains on left side, it definitely should be pushed forward to fire for right handed rifle, if possible.
 
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I now understand this design better after working on my own safety design.
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The initial force to pull the cocking piece off the sear is high and needs a large pressure pad on the safety lever or else it is uncomfortable.
I have also improved the ramp on the cocking piece to help the safety pin cam the cocking piece off the sear.
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To improve my lever I added an extension at the end to double the size of the pressure point on the lever. To attach the extension I turned a stepped cylinder OD of 4mm and then stepped down to 2.5mm. I drilled a 2.5mm hole through the lever and pressed them together. Finally I riveted the top of the 2.5mm shaft into the top of the lever and then polished it all back to a flat surface. Finally I flame blued it just to make it look a bit better. This is still a prototype, the final version will be case hardened.
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The changes have greatly improved the ease of applying the safety. The clearance for the scope is fantastic. There has never been any problems moving it from fully locked bolt handle back to safe and then fire. It is a true 3 position safety.
 

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