Air Arms S400/410 safety retrofit

[Skimmer]

Hi
Just had a response from Air Arms that the Safety catch mod will be available for previous rifles, but that they havent decided yet whether this will be as a part or as a "return to factory" fit.

[andy_scouser]

excellent, id have one fitted. Nice to have one up the barrel and still safe One of the many good features of the falcon hawk I had.

[Beano]

i'd be interested in getting one fitted, any ideas how it will look/work??

[biggles]

Jus IMHO, but .....

I bought an AA400 (GREAT little gun, and well supported in many different ways and by many different BBSers in most areas of this board) and one of the reasons I like it is that it DOESN'T have a safety.

Safety's MY responsibility and I prefer NOT to have to think about whether the safety is on or off, or set/working properly. I just know that when it's loaded it's always unsafe, and when it's empty it's a little bit safer (but remember that no one else knows that).

My AA won't be in line for a retrofit.

Having a safety fitted wouldn't stop me buying a gun (my ol' 77k had one and my Rapid Mk2's got one) ...... I just don't/won't use them.

Biggles

[I. J.]

Safety's MY responsibility and I prefer NOT to have to think about whether the safety is on or off, or set/working properly. I just know that when it's loaded it's always unsafe, and when it's empty it's a little bit safer (but remember that no one else knows that).
Biggles

I agree with your opinion. The only safe gun is an unloaded gun. (I.M.O.)

[Skimmer]

Personally I prefer both safety checks - your own disciplines and a physical safety. I think it is a high minded principle to want your own discipline to be safety enough - but a physical safety offers yet another layer of security - NOT - a substitute for your own control.

But - anyway - I only posted the info because people were talking about sesing the new revised rifles, and asking if it would be a retro fit - and so I checked with AA to ask and posted the response for all.

[andy_scouser]

Agreed that safety is the shooters responsibility. Is it not safer to have a safety cathch then? When you have a shot open to you, you load, and the shot goes from you...is it not better to put the safety on, rather than worry about a loaded gun. I hate guns with auto safety (Theoben Fenman is the only one I have had like that), i prefer a completly manual one.

Am i missing something ?

Cheers

Andy