I now own a early production year 110. The 4 digit serial number is 7xxx.
This rife was owned by my wife's dad who had passed away when she was two. Her uncle had owned the rifle since her dad's passing. Anyway, I am trying to find information on the operation of the safety. I had cleaned the rifle and took it to the range but did not shoot it because I was not sure if the safety was working correctly. The rifle overall is in very good original shape and not abused at all, but you can tell it has been used. It has a 2 position safety.
After working the bolt, the safety can be moved from safe to fire position but not back again if not fired. I have to partially work the bolt up and down and then it can be reset. Is this the normal operation? I have various other brands of rifles but have not had this "condition" before and also another 110 with a 3 position safety.
Thank you for any light that you can shed on this question.

Camo