RBHarter
West Central AR
I once dreamed of a 9×57 with a double set trigger but when the time came and the stars aligned ........
Now I have a real Gew 98 with a Jeager trigger and a ream away from 280 Rem and a Santa Barbra 98 in 358 Win with a light crisp 2 stage GI . The bottom metal is a really nice inside the bow release ........ The 280 is in a stock that feels good but aesthetically is something of a mud fence . The 358 is too long but the MV and targets say it's perfect , the stock is quite dated and a little long but it looks good . The floor plate drops out when I hit that load point whether it's my finger or recoil acceleration I can't say .
I guess what I'm saying is that you may have paid to much for "the one" but all isn't lost . The smith gave you the worst case firewood stock , rookie error trigger damage , bid . I've looked at a couple of double set triggers . Their simple machines , wedge's and levers with a spring or 2 . (It's been a while and they were TC) unless something was cut deep and or completely out of geometry it's not a loss just a putzing around , the solution came in a dream project . The too thin stock is a challenge but wrist breaks are repaired every day and modern polymer/reenforced epoxy/bedding products are amazing stuff .
You want to know what really kicked me in the gut ? The SB 98 came with the 700 styled bolt shroud and the Fajin stock is inleted for the 700 side safety . The triggers , even the cheap ones , with the top safety were almost $300 so I swapped the bolt for the GI shroud and safety .......weeks later , like 21 days , massive price drop and I would have spent , at that moment , $90 like spitting out a cough goober . But I didn't have the bolt , the barrel was headspaced for the GI , the 5th coat of tung was on the stock , all the time was already spent on the trigger and sear . I have a 50% early 70s walnut 98 Sporter stock . I don't have the just skill set but one of these days I'll sit down with the with the Gew 98 1916 DWM and lay out the beaver tail bench fore end and cut some rosewood caps .........or I'll bugger it up completely .
Now I have a real Gew 98 with a Jeager trigger and a ream away from 280 Rem and a Santa Barbra 98 in 358 Win with a light crisp 2 stage GI . The bottom metal is a really nice inside the bow release ........ The 280 is in a stock that feels good but aesthetically is something of a mud fence . The 358 is too long but the MV and targets say it's perfect , the stock is quite dated and a little long but it looks good . The floor plate drops out when I hit that load point whether it's my finger or recoil acceleration I can't say .
I guess what I'm saying is that you may have paid to much for "the one" but all isn't lost . The smith gave you the worst case firewood stock , rookie error trigger damage , bid . I've looked at a couple of double set triggers . Their simple machines , wedge's and levers with a spring or 2 . (It's been a while and they were TC) unless something was cut deep and or completely out of geometry it's not a loss just a putzing around , the solution came in a dream project . The too thin stock is a challenge but wrist breaks are repaired every day and modern polymer/reenforced epoxy/bedding products are amazing stuff .
You want to know what really kicked me in the gut ? The SB 98 came with the 700 styled bolt shroud and the Fajin stock is inleted for the 700 side safety . The triggers , even the cheap ones , with the top safety were almost $300 so I swapped the bolt for the GI shroud and safety .......weeks later , like 21 days , massive price drop and I would have spent , at that moment , $90 like spitting out a cough goober . But I didn't have the bolt , the barrel was headspaced for the GI , the 5th coat of tung was on the stock , all the time was already spent on the trigger and sear . I have a 50% early 70s walnut 98 Sporter stock . I don't have the just skill set but one of these days I'll sit down with the with the Gew 98 1916 DWM and lay out the beaver tail bench fore end and cut some rosewood caps .........or I'll bugger it up completely .