Thinking about Deer Hunting with Mosin Nagant but.......

[vintage hunter]

I agree with warpig, practice makes perfect. Whenever I get a new gun I'm unfamiliar with I just sit watching TV and work the controls until it's second nature and I can do it without taking my eyes off the screen. Once you've mastered it you'll be surprised at just how fast and quietly you can disengage the safety and get on target. I hunt with a MN once in a while also, it's a bit more of a hassle to disengage the safety smoothly and quietly on a scoped one but this deer was less than 50yds away but never let on it heard a thing.
Oh BTW, If you don't have strong fingers already you'll have at least two by the time you get it down pat.