I did the same, and felt exactly the same way. I'm probably gonna spring for one in 357 sooner or later. The safety will be easy enough to ignore.I looked at a few Rossi rifles in a local gun store. Prices are WOW!! But I did some research and reviews are very good these days. Seems as though Rossi has upped their quality. I don't care much for the safety on top of the rifle that much but the ones I handled seem to be very nice rifles.