Leshiy Accidental Discharge Moving Safety > Fire

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Thanks for the quick and thorough reply. I've already said my piece so I don't want to go beating a dead horse, but I do think that I should clarify: the big issue here is that there should only be one way to fire the gun. Safety off and pull the trigger. Any other possible firing mode (in this case "safety half way, pull the trigger, release the trigger, turn safety off") is a serious firearms defect and should be resolved. This isn't a cell phone where you can say "Just avoid holding it that way."
 
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I’ll be short and blunt here, but not with intent of being rude. We all know the issue. It isn’t going to be resolved on the Leshiy Classic. Solutions: no bipods as the gun won’t fold all the way. Wrap the air tube with about 8-10 wraps of electrical tape to be sure the safety is pressed in all the way.

I’ve had Lehiy’s for multiple years. Had this surprise within the first day. Solved it and haven’t had a repeat occurrence yet. 

don’t think the Leshiy is the only gun this can happen with. Almost all adjustable triggers can be made unsafe if adjusted too much. Is that the gun makers fault or user error?

if you can’t work with this then the Leshiy is not for you.
 
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I agree. In a perfect world, everything would be well-perfect, but it is not. While it is a serious issue, it is well known and easily and cheaply remedied. It is simply not feasible to go back and redesign a past gun, when we are already moving into a next generation gun. I agree issues happen with many guns out of the box (I never adjusted anything on mine,nor did it have a bi pod on it), but it's a fact of life. You should not have to deal with it, but neither should Matador R5M owners need to "learn how to cock" the gun, nor should SK 19 or Huben K1 owners have to seat pellets with a hex key, but they do. If you cannot accept the known issues, it's not the gun for you.
 
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The gun isn’t unsafe. The root of the issue is 2 things



1) a bi-pod prevents the safety from being fully engaged. which is well documented. 

2) people doing the trigger mod... keyword, mod. This is NOT an adjustable trigger.

I’ve seen countless people (some of which I see above) saying they did nothing to the gun, when there’s pictures on here showing otherwise. When exposed, “well that shouldn’t matter.”

the gun is safe... but like all things pew pew... some folks just shouldn’t mod them. 

I realize this is the pot calling the kettle black (I cut a leshiy in 1/2), but tinkering is the root of all problems in airguns. Actually, there’s definitely manufacturer issues from time to time, but you never read about them on here. They are dealt with in a normal capacity.

It’s gotten so bad you have dealers forced to film packaging, tracking serial numbers of parts, barrels etc etc.

time for this forum to self police, as a few bad vocal apples are ruining it for everyone else. 




 
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I haven't read all the posts, but when I saw the topic related to AD, I had to respond. I have owned many air rifles, and I've yet to own one with a safety I trust. When I'm moving, the rifle is decocked. In a hammer-fired weapon, such as a pistol or revolver, safeties can be designed that actually block the hammer movement. With in-line fired weapons, most safeties merely limit trigger movement, leaving the weapon capable of discharge if the sear becomes disengaged from its bearing surface, which is usually only a few thousandths of an inch. This can happen with a movement or bump that doesn't seem like much, and can sometimes occur even without such movement. Most magazine fed air rifles can be decocked, either with or without a pellet in the chamber, depending on design, and easily cocked when a shot opportunity presents.
 
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