i own and shoot both non safety and safety, if you want a safety or if you want a non safety have at it. but my own feelings are over the last 59 years of hunting are, i have been close to a few AD,S with lever actions,mostly with young hunters and others loading and unloading in the cold or rain. as we used to drive for deer and bear(a little old for it now)here in pa, and when loading and unloading when changing the drivers with the standers for the next drive. we used a old 4 wheel drive truck to transport the men from one location to another and unloading and loading took place 5-6 times in a day. and we had any where form 20-25 hunters. no one was hurt or killed in the AD,s, (only my hearing was affected). but they could have been very easily. and the safeties used properly would have prevented them. i would not give a new hunter a rifle you can not load or unload that would fire, even a bolt action. eastbank.