After market Mauser safety

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richhodg66

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Play a little with an interesting sporter so.eone built on anOviedo. Still needs some finishing work, the scope holes weren't quite right, I ran out of windage adjustment with the cheap scope it came with. Got some Millett angle locs and solved that problem. Jus shot a nice group at 50 yards with my plinking cast bullet load of the Midsouth soupcan and ten grains of 700x.

The aftermarket low swing safety wants to fall out when the rifle is not on safe. What could cause that? The safety works finejust kind of annoying.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Depending on what kind it is, some had a ball and spring detente that held the whole works in place. Can't recall the name of the ones we used to install. The ball and spring sat up on the shaft that went in the bolt sleeve...hope I got the terms right. Another type had a screw affair that held a halfmoonish shaped piece in the slot on the bolt head.

A pic might help.
 
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RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Most likely Buehler or Timney, and both used ball and spring. Williams used a bump on the finger piece that went into the groove.
 
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Rushcreek

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The Buehler and Dayton Traister require a small slot to be cut in the bolt shroud to retain the safety when it is in the fire position. The D/T has a nylon friction piece on the shaft(like a little slice of weed eater string!)
I like the Oviedo action myself, the barrels make ok rebar for concrete work
I have two sporters and another in the works; they make a delightful hunting rifle.
 
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richhodg66

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I will have to look more closely at this one and figure out the problem. I want to like this rifle. I am normally not a fan of thumbhole stocks, but this one has one and whoever had it before did some decent work on teh trigger, still not great, but decent. This thumbhole seems to fit me pretty well, although smething like a small ring Mauser sporter shouldbe very slim IMO.

It does still have the original stepped barrel. All I have shot through it so far is that cast plinking load If it can't be made accurate with real loads, it'll probably go down the road, I don't have the ability to rebarrel one myself and the cost to have a shop do it would be more than the rifle is worth. Obviously, it's a 7x57. but were I to go that far, a heavier .257 Roberts might be an option.

Few years ago, I bought a much better sporterized 7x57 on a Chilleno action and fell in love with it and small ring Mausers. I have afew projects now, but most seem to have low regard for the Oviedos. Interesting that you like them.
 
Uncle Grinch

Uncle Grinch

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I had a Swedish Mauser years ago the was sporterized with a Bueler type safety that has a small notch machined into the cocking piece. I notice the flag part was sliding out the rear. It seams the little notch had broken off and no longer retained the fog part.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
richhodg66 said:
I will have to look more closely at this one and figure out the problem. I want to like this rifle. I am normally not a fan of thumbhole stocks, but this one has one and whoever had it before did some decent work on teh trigger, still not great, but decent. This thumbhole seems to fit me pretty well, although smething like a small ring Mauser sporter shouldbe very slim IMO.

It does still have the original stepped barrel. All I have shot through it so far is that cast plinking load If it can't be made accurate with real loads, it'll probably go down the road, I don't have the ability to rebarrel one myself and the cost to have a shop do it would be more than the rifle is worth. Obviously, it's a 7x57. but were I to go that far, a heavier .257 Roberts might be an option.

Few years ago, I bought a much better sporterized 7x57 on a Chilleno action and fell in love with it and small ring Mausers. I have afew projects now, but most seem to have low regard for the Oviedos. Interesting that you like them.
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A small ring with a thumbhole stock? Kind of an odd duck! My oldest boy bought a Savage bolt gun in '06 and had me put it in a Boyd's (IIRC) thumbhole laminated stock. The stock weighs a ton, but he likes it.

I agree that a small ring cries out for a slim and trim stock. Friend of mines father had a Swede Mauser that he "restocked" himself. Heaviest Swede I ever saw! Had to be close to 10 lbs and to say it was clunky would be an understatement. But his father liked it, so be it. Adding weight to a surplus rifle is surely an odd idea though!
 
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richhodg66

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This one has potential. For some reason, I have an itch to have a slim small ring sporter in 6mm with the old, slow .244 twist. Too many project ideas and not enough time and money.
 
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Rushcreek

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Growing up, the gun writers all seemed to like the 98 Mauser; but they hardly ever mentioned the 91, 93, 95, and Swedish actions.
Maybe because of the huge quantity of surplus guns back then.
I’ve told about reworking a 1916 to 30-30, and it has become a favorite rifle due to its light weight and handling.
I got another 1916 7x57 from a friend for cheap; it shot so horribly that I rebarreled it to 6.5x55 with an ugly out /pretty in m38 barrel another friend provided. Slick as glass feeding and accurate for a “beater”.
I recently aquired another Oviedo that a gunsmith rebarreled using a repurposed Remington 7 mag barrel. He did great work and now I finally have a 7x57 that will probably shoot well. I still need to fit the sporter stock to it.
The cock on closing action and slow lock time bother me not. These are hunting rifles, not varmint or bench guns.
I still have a couple of 98 Mauser sporters, but they don’t get used as much as they did.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
If you want to keep one of those aftermarket safeties from rattling, find some weed-eater cord about .050" to .060" in diameter and drill a blind hole about half way through the post which inserts into the shroud - drill perpendicular to the post/bore that will allow insertion of the cord. You only need a piece about 1/8" long. Best way to cut that is with a wood-chisel with the cord lying on a dense piece of wood. Cover the cord with a rag or you'll have to go looking for the piece you want to keep.

Leave a bit hanging out of the hole with the cord bottomed out and such that the exposed part of the cord gets compressed as the safety is inserted into the bore.

I've not done one in years, but keep coming across a short section of weed-eater cord in my tool kit.
 
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richhodg66

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A 98 just seems heavy and clunky to me now. I kind of like the cock on closing thing.

I did pick up a sporter project, someone rebarreled it, after market trigger, thee position model 70 style safety very nice high gloss blueing, got it cheap because it didn't have a stock. I posted a thread asking for after market stock suggestions a while back and I know what I want, just gotta get off my ass and do it.

To me, a slim, light small ring Mauser in a cartridge like 7x57 is just about perfection.
 
todd

todd

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my youngest son's '16 Oviedo has a 6.5x55 Numrich sporter barrel. the original barrel is now a tomato stake. it has a safety just like Rushcreek. it also has a Timney trigger. i shot 120gr Nosler BT and a mid-range load of IMR4350 that guesstimate 2700fps. the '16 Oviedo is around 1 to 1 1/2" at 100 yards (5 shots/bench). good enough fer deer, great enuff for deer up close.

back in the day i had a custom '98 FN Mauser and a 20" Douglas featherweight barrel that was chambered in 7x57. i killed alot of deer with that rifle, but my oldest son now has it.

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i like the '96 small ring action, esp the Husqvarna m46 in 9.3x57. my gunsmith D&T, put on a 2-7x Leopold and a Bueller safety. the original trigger was stoned to around 4 to 5 lbs and no creep. i did have Dayton Traister cocking piece and striker spring put on it to make cock on opening. it was a little to hard for me to close the action (i am one handed). the 9.3x57 is my only cock on opening. i have a '95 Chilean Navy action and another Oviedo rifle. the Oviedo needs a 257 Bob barrel to replace the 7x57. i have two Krag actions without the bolts to do too.
 
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