Ssorry I was a bit vague. IF the rifle hasn't been altered from the military configuration the safety is a 3 positions affair that will allow the bolt to remain cocked and still fremove the bolt from the receiver when it's pointed straight up. If moved fully to the left the striker and the bolt are both locked. Some 2 position low scope safties lock the bolt when on, period. They require the bolt be removed from the receiver. Then the cocking piece of the bottom of the bolt is hooked over something, I use a piece of steel clamped in the benchvise and the striker retracted until the safety can be applied. The striker assembly can then be safely unscrewed.