The main problem, I think, is that hardly anyone practices with these heavy weapons during the year ?
When lifting the rifle , or shotgun the thumb automatically goes forward and you unlock.
In practice not a few PHs were injured by their guests.
I do not know any experienced African PH (well, so many are it now also not, but a scarce dozen it will probably be of those I know) the not nearly by a guest was shot, because one forgot in the excitement to safe the weapon again to secure and the shot accidentally went off.
One PH said recently, that more PHs were shot or severely injured by their guests, than clients by buffaloes.
With this in mind, I leave my automatic backup in.
All the African PHs that guided me, had guests, that the gun went off behind your back (and survived it) and the bullets whistled around your ears.
The automatic safety is no wonder and forgetting the safety at all can also happen like this, but it helps to improve the survival rate of the PHs a little.
For the dackel (automatic safety :) ) and gaur friends among you.
India, end of the 19th century about
Map of Old British India
@KR, there were tigers all over the country in your days ?
