Safety comes on when firing?

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Chrisss31
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Safety comes on when firing?

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Is it possible for the safety to come on when you pull the front trigger/fire the right barrel? I swear it happened to me twice today while shooting at a steep upward angle, I fired the right barrel and when I went to the rear trigger the safety was on. I've never taken a fox action apart so I can't say that I have any idea what's going up, but am I dreaming this up or is it possible?
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Machinist
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Re: Safety comes on when firing?

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Seems like a possible scenario if the safety spring is damaged or disconnected.

Does the safety have crisp on and off positions or does it slide ( more like flop) back and forth with no obvious resistance?
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Re: Safety comes on when firing?

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It's actually pretty stiff. I don't believe the gun has even been apart.
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Re: Safety comes on when firing?

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Sorry that thought didn't help.
Suggest someone qualified take the gun apart ... double trigger Foxes are so simple any mechanical problems should be
easy to spot and a bit of cleaning and lubrication after 100 years can't hurt.
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