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Bought a Winchester SX3 on Saturday and i like it, does what it says on the tin. Thing is I'm a lefty shooter and the SX is a righty gun. The problem I'm having is that when i fire, the recoil is making me reset the safety every time, so when i go for the next shot i have to take the safety off AGAIN!. In the manual it says that to reverse the safety is a simple job, yet it doesn't tell you how to do it. I have stripped the gun right back as far as i can. I have the trigger guard out of the gun but am a bit unsure as to how you actually reverse the little safety button. Is there anyone out there who has done, or knows how to do, this. I have looked on Youtube, but all that is on there is a strip down which I'm fine with. I'm working away all this week and am coming back on Friday night. Would be nice to sort it Friday night so i can go out on Saturday and let off more than one shot in a row. Cheers!. :thumbs:

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Found this on another forum

Thanks for the response bill. It actually wasn't in my owners manual. I read every word and never found it in there. It is easy to do though. Once the trigger assembly is out you pull out the hair pin and slide the safety out. You then pull out the small pin and replace the small pin on the opposite side. Put the safety in backwards and put the hair pin on the opposite side. I'm really glad I didn't pay a gunsmith to do that. Lol.

hope this might help!

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Found this on another forum

Thanks for the response bill. It actually wasn't in my owners manual. I read every word and never found it in there. It is easy to do though. Once the trigger assembly is out you pull out the hair pin and slide the safety out. You then pull out the small pin and replace the small pin on the opposite side. Put the safety in backwards and put the hair pin on the opposite side. I'm really glad I didn't pay a gunsmith to do that. Lol.

hope this might help!

Maybe this will help too : http://www.ar15armor...wn-t101500.html

 

Between your two posts i managed to do it :yahoo:. One thing you do have to do is give the safety a little tap to get it out. I used a small piece of wood so as not to dent or damage it, but apart from that it was no problem. I'm only back for the night, and gone again in the morning, but when i get back on Friday i won't have to worry about sorting it out. Cheers guys :thumbs:

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I have an SX3 and i am also a lefty, i have never had any problems with the safety i just can't shoot straight but that no fault of the gun. I am interested as to which shims you use in the stock to get the correct sweep to the stock. i will switch the safety over to make life easier now i know how.

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Glad you got it sorted PLEDGEY.

 

And congratulations on your SX3 purchase. I bought my SX3 about a year ago and i love it to bits. I opted for the 3.5'' composite model, as i do a lot of pest control out in the field, and i couldn't bare the thought of scratching up a nice wooden stock. Just keep her clean mate and she'll last you for years,

 

John :thumbs:

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I have an SX3 and i am also a lefty, i have never had any problems with the safety i just can't shoot straight but that no fault of the gun. I am interested as to which shims you use in the stock to get the correct sweep to the stock. i will switch the safety over to make life easier now i know how.

Everytime i fired it i would set the safety, meaning i couldn't just shoot again. I just use it as it came, straight out the box, seems OK. Only shot at 2 jackdows so far, and killed both of them. I also put some targets out and seem to be able to hit them OK too. At some point I'm going to have an afternoon at Southern Counties shooting ground Nr Dorchester .
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Glad you got it sorted PLEDGEY.

 

And congratulations on your SX3 purchase. I bought my SX3 about a year ago and i love it to bits. I opted for the 3.5'' composite model, as i do a lot of pest control out in the field, and i couldn't bare the thought of scratching up a nice wooden stock. Just keep her clean mate and she'll last you for years,

 

John :thumbs:

Yeah mines the same. I was showing it to the Brother in law and the Sister in law says ''It's plastic'', i said composite, she said ''plastic'', i said composite, she said.......and so it went on. :)
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