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The safety isn't supposed to be able to engage, with the firing pin (the cocking piece is hooked onto the firing pin) in the forward/down/fired position - as an indication that the rifle needs to be cocked in order to fire.
The safety should easily engage, after the FP's been cocked, upon opening the bolt - then staying cocked when the bolt is closed.
If the FP/cocking knob is NOT staying "pulled back"/ cocked, after the bolt is closed (and the trigger is never pulled) - then there's an unsafe condition/problem with the trigger/sear/cocking piece, most likely due to someone fooling with it.
If it's not staying cocked, and you don't know what your doing - please take it to a gunsmith, before someone gets seriously injured or killed.
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