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Old 02-12-2012, 12:34 AM   #46
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Re: Trigger safeties: To have or not to have

Of course other things can still happen- which is why I said we should always treat the gun like it has no safety. I should have said "no misfires from malfunctioning safeties" My question was why Deep Quest always used the safety on a firearm, but never used it on a speargun. Deep Quest answered that speargun safeties were much more likely to malfunction than firearm safeties, and gave examples. You're right in saying that the gun probably would have misfired the next time the shaft was loaded, but not from a malfunctioning safety. Deep Quest's comments were about safeties malfunctioning, not shafts breaking. My point was that safeties can be installed on spearguns and not malfunction. They aren't going to prevent a weakened shaft from breaking, and they aren't a substitute for good gun safety.
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