Eightbore, thanks, that's a well-reasoned argument against safeties on traditional hammerguns.

But doesn't that same argument obviate the existence of self-cocking hammerguns altogether?

Or, if not, it seems to leave room for a safety, as you are then faced with having a gun w/o a safety on full cock all the time, or if you have to lower it to half-cock what is the point of self-cocking in the first place? Not trying to be argumentative, rather explore an issue.