sawcut
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I started to look at a commercial FN Mauser I had acquired years ago. It is made by Firearms International. Overall, it is in very nice shape, the action itself is excellent, but when I got it, it was known to have some safety issues, with the firing pin falling when the rifle was shifted from safe to fire on the shroud safety.
Note: I cross-posted this on an AR forum, but I am including it here for a wider response.
Below is a lengthy post. Long story short: Rifle was tinkered with and has 2 safeties. One of the safeties has to be removed.
Option 1: Keep the Jaeger trigger with a lever safety, adjust it properly, and remove the shroud safety.
Option 2: Keep the shroud mounted safety and install a new Timney trigger with no safety.
Option 3: Adjust the Jaeger trigger to safely function and keep both this and the shroud safety. (This might work, but I am concerned about messing with the whole assembly too much. The replacement bolt shroud and cocking piece are haphazardly fitted, so I am not confident in them, and for a few bucks would rather replace it all)
Here is the rifle.
I checked it out, and researched how the action was originally set up. It had a Sako trigger with a side mounted safety. The bolt shroud was the streamlined version (no safety) in the white. Over the years, the rifle had some modifications. The Sako trigger was replaced with a Jaeger trigger, which is similar to a modern Timney.
These triggers have a feature that locks the bolt closed when the rifle is on safe. The action is cut for a slot for a metal bar from the trigger that locks the bolt.
But oddly, the bolt shroud was also replaced with a military Mauser shroud, and an FN shroud mounted safety (like a Buehler safety or "wing" safety). So it has the wing safety, and trigger safety.
The rifle was also rebarreled to 25-06 and headspaces well. No issues there thankfully!
Any ideas or comments appreciated.
Note: I did not realize I would have such a strange set up when I acquired the rifle. But I like the FN Mauser actions, I would have bought the rifle just for the action alone, since it is in very good shape. Overall, the rifle is a solid and well made sporting rifle, just have to fix the trigger/safety so I can take it out and shoot it. For the record, I don't mind the clunky look of the military bolt shroud and safety. It's functional and works. The blueing does not match, but I don't care about that.
Mauser actions are still fine rifles.
Original ad for the rifle.
An example of one from an internet auction showing the original configuration.
This rifle has 2 safeties. The Jaeger is not adjusted properly, and, it creates a mechanical conflict with the wing safety. One of them has to go.
It has a Jaeger trigger, which I determined is not original. It looks very, very similar to a Timney trigger, but additionally has a bolt lock.
The action has a slot for a bolt lock, which the original Sako trigger and replacement Jaeger both had. Most modern replacement triggers are not set up to utilize a bolt lock. I do not know if the bolt shroud has to have some specific cut out for the bolt lock safety. The military shroud has no such cut out, and i think this is causing the incompatibility.
Note: I cross-posted this on an AR forum, but I am including it here for a wider response.
Below is a lengthy post. Long story short: Rifle was tinkered with and has 2 safeties. One of the safeties has to be removed.
Option 1: Keep the Jaeger trigger with a lever safety, adjust it properly, and remove the shroud safety.
Option 2: Keep the shroud mounted safety and install a new Timney trigger with no safety.
Option 3: Adjust the Jaeger trigger to safely function and keep both this and the shroud safety. (This might work, but I am concerned about messing with the whole assembly too much. The replacement bolt shroud and cocking piece are haphazardly fitted, so I am not confident in them, and for a few bucks would rather replace it all)
Here is the rifle.
I checked it out, and researched how the action was originally set up. It had a Sako trigger with a side mounted safety. The bolt shroud was the streamlined version (no safety) in the white. Over the years, the rifle had some modifications. The Sako trigger was replaced with a Jaeger trigger, which is similar to a modern Timney.
These triggers have a feature that locks the bolt closed when the rifle is on safe. The action is cut for a slot for a metal bar from the trigger that locks the bolt.
But oddly, the bolt shroud was also replaced with a military Mauser shroud, and an FN shroud mounted safety (like a Buehler safety or "wing" safety). So it has the wing safety, and trigger safety.
The rifle was also rebarreled to 25-06 and headspaces well. No issues there thankfully!
Any ideas or comments appreciated.
Note: I did not realize I would have such a strange set up when I acquired the rifle. But I like the FN Mauser actions, I would have bought the rifle just for the action alone, since it is in very good shape. Overall, the rifle is a solid and well made sporting rifle, just have to fix the trigger/safety so I can take it out and shoot it. For the record, I don't mind the clunky look of the military bolt shroud and safety. It's functional and works. The blueing does not match, but I don't care about that.
Mauser actions are still fine rifles.
Original ad for the rifle.
An example of one from an internet auction showing the original configuration.
This rifle has 2 safeties. The Jaeger is not adjusted properly, and, it creates a mechanical conflict with the wing safety. One of them has to go.
It has a Jaeger trigger, which I determined is not original. It looks very, very similar to a Timney trigger, but additionally has a bolt lock.
The action has a slot for a bolt lock, which the original Sako trigger and replacement Jaeger both had. Most modern replacement triggers are not set up to utilize a bolt lock. I do not know if the bolt shroud has to have some specific cut out for the bolt lock safety. The military shroud has no such cut out, and i think this is causing the incompatibility.