[368]

While I'm not a fan of the CZ safety, you have to admit that it IS very safe. It actually locks the firing pin, so there's no way the rifle can go off.

Remove the safety lever and flatten and smooth the camming surface with a stone. This will greatly reduce the effort required to operate the thing.

 

[zukiphile]

I do not doubt its efficacy when used, just whether it is a design that encourages use. I am not mechanically inclined, but I will take your remedy to my gunsmith. Many thanks.

 

[3448]

You're right in saying that they are heavy but I think that they have a break-in period before they get easier to engage. One night while I was watching TV I sat with my two 452's and switched the safeties on and off a couple hundred times. Now they work as easily as my 77/22's safety.

 

[willscary]

I just got out my cordless dremel tool after reading the solution. I polished the safety lever's camming surface at the rear where it meets the rounded back arm of the firing pin. Then, for good measure, I polished the rounded back arm of the firing pin also. It now works very smoothly, quietly gliding to "safe". Moving back to "fire" requires me to use my thumb and trigger finger, mainly because my thumb doesn't bend that way. It is very smooth and quiet now.

Thanks for the tip Forester!

 

[368]

Glad it helped you. I can't claim credit for this one. I believe it was our old friend Nick that posted this fix here a few months ago. I've done this to all my CZ rifles, and the safety issue is no longer a problem. They're smooooooth now.

 

[zukiphile]

One night while I was watching TV I sat with my two 452's and switched the safeties on and off a couple hundred times. Now they work as easily as my 77/22's safety. [/B]

This sounds like a good method for me. Thanks.

 

[Bo22]

On my Varmint I just put a drop of Mobil 1 on the cam surface of the saftey. This slicked it right up.

 

[2021]

Winchester safety

I wouldn't rate the winchester safety too highly. I had one that kept getting stuck. And it was noisy engaging and disengaging. I rather thought it was gimmicky. My personal preference in rifles are for the tang mounted safeties, like the Brownings. Part of the problem could be the lapses in quality control at Winchester.