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Originally Posted by 260 Rem
Sounds like the best of all worlds is to hunt with a firearm featuring an external hammer with half-cock default....
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Half cocked is just another form of safety. In some cases it works off a sear and isn't a lot different than some safety's. Marlin's lawyers thought so little of it that as of 1982 or so they have both half cock capability as well as a cross bolt safety installed on their 1895's and others.
Not necessarily any worse than a safety, just not a lot better or different.
Now if you have a Marlin and carry loaded, using both systems can really mess you up.