03-A3 Sporter safety - m70 style or timney trigger safety?

[JesseL]

I'm finishing the 03-A3 sporter project that my late grandfather started and I'm wondering what you all have to say about the merits of each type of available safety. The easiest solution would be a Buehler style low swind safety but I'm just not very enamored with them. So what should it be, a timney featherweight deluxe trigger, or a model 70 style side swing?

 

[Jim Watson]

I gather it will have a scope else you wouldn't need to change the safety at all. The M-70 type is more stylish and is more secure, since it locks the striker, but it does require machine tools to install. Can you handle it or be willing to pay for it? If not, the Timney trigger with safety would be a simpler installation and get you an adjustable trigger in the deal.

A friend has a Timney on his 1922 and it is a very nice trigger.

 

[JesseL]

Yep, gonna scope it. It's been rechambered to 308 Norma Magnum and I just can't see making full use of that cartridge with iron sights.

I've got all the tools necessary to install the M70 safety. Grandpa left a pretty well equipped machine shop (lathe, drill press, vertical mill, metal bandsaw, etc.), so there's no issue there.

I figure I'll probably get a new timney for it either way, since the military trigger is just so-so.