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Offline wolffire99

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quieting a safety
« on: February 11, 2011, 08:26:38 PM »
I recently purchased one of the new FN Winchester Model 70's and the safety is LOUD when you switch it from safe to fire.  Does anyone know a way to soften the click at all?
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Offline gunnut69

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Re: quieting a safety
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 11:05:36 AM »
The safety is retained in position by a spring loaded plunger. If you are capable of disassembling the safety mechanism and restoring it to working order after then perhaps a bit of a good synthetic grease (wide temp range) would help.. Perhaps I might suggest simply restraining the safety lever as it's moved to the fire position. If quiet is needed slow is a good thing anyway. If speed is an issue the tiny snick of a safety won't be noticed anyway...
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Re: quieting a safety
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2011, 02:45:53 PM »
I have one in 270wsm, and mine is noisy too.. what I do is release it with 2 fingers (thumb and index finger)  instead of just flipping it.. its a lot quieter if you do it that way..  a little practice with that method, and it will seem natural.. Bob 
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