M44 How to carry safely?

I am by no means an expert, but I think the "safety" on a Mosin-Nagant M44 consists of pulling back the knob at the back of the bolt and twisting it about 1/8 turn to the left so that it catchse going forward. To take it off safe, you pull it back and twist to the right so it goes forward into the firing position again. This isn't all that easy to do, but I always assumed it would be safe to carry my M44 when "on safe" in this manner. Isn't this correct?

Doug
 
Although I appreciate firearm safeties, I never trust them. On my M44, I always carefully release the firing pin spring pressure by holding the knob at the back of the bolt and pulling the trigger. Same idea as lowering the hammer on a revolver. Of course, point the muzzle in a safe direction. To cock the firing mechanism, pull back on the knob until it locks in place.

Noban
 
Best way to carry a Moisin-Nagant rifle is empty chamber, work the bolt to chamber a round when you get to your stand and empty the chamber when you leave your stand.

Lowering the firing pin results in the firing pin resting on the primer of the cartridge. A good jolt and the gun can fire. I most urgently suggest that those people using this method as a "safety" please stop before you have an AD/ND and hurt someone.

Doc Hudson
 
I have to "third" what Doc said. While Doug's got the procedure for applying the safety written up well (and those MN safeties sure don't feel like they'd come off accidentally), the MN was engineered for use by Russian soldiers in the Nineteenth century. While I'm sure that the Czar was concerned for the well-being of these men, I feel better just keeping the cartridges out of the chamber until it's time to fire. I think the guys over on Tuco's Mosin-Nagant.Net who hunt with MNs largely feel this way as well.
 
Oh....I thought the question was how to carry "unsafely".

When you're wrong, you might as well be really wrong.

Noban
 
I don't have a M44 but am thinking about getting one.However I have handled them some and I don't think I am strong enough to use the safety on one. I would bet money that the solders that used them either carried them without a round in the chamber or just kept them on fire and kept their finger out of the trigger guard.
 
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