Otony
01-18-2011, 09:41 PM
So I picked up a very inexpensive P/H Mauser action a while ago (less than a hundred bucks), sporting a barrel in .270 Win. It was complete save for bottom metal, and had the typical P/H adjustable trigger.
I found bottom metal from a WWI Mauser carbine, the 98A. It fit the screw spacing perfectly, the more so since I had a commercial barrel here in .308 to lash up in lieu of the .270 barrel, so magazine length is not an issue. At the same time I installed a G.I. 98 bolt shroud with the military type safety. This dictated a simpler trigger of course, and I found an FN commercial that is essentially a single stage military style.
Now the trigger (FN) worksfine, but the issue I am having is the trigger blade wants to sit exactly where the rear of the carbine trigger bow resides. :veryconfu
I have seen in the past 98 triggers that did a zig-zag inside the stock. That is to say the arm of the trigger was bent forward at about a 45 degree angle before the blade of the trigger pointed down-wards. Terrible explanation, I know, but I am hoping someone will get my drift.
I can weld/bend/forge this trigger to get the blade where it needs to sit, but I wonder if a 98A trigger would solve my problem? Or if others have run into this scenario?
A little help please? :cry:
I found bottom metal from a WWI Mauser carbine, the 98A. It fit the screw spacing perfectly, the more so since I had a commercial barrel here in .308 to lash up in lieu of the .270 barrel, so magazine length is not an issue. At the same time I installed a G.I. 98 bolt shroud with the military type safety. This dictated a simpler trigger of course, and I found an FN commercial that is essentially a single stage military style.
Now the trigger (FN) worksfine, but the issue I am having is the trigger blade wants to sit exactly where the rear of the carbine trigger bow resides. :veryconfu
I have seen in the past 98 triggers that did a zig-zag inside the stock. That is to say the arm of the trigger was bent forward at about a 45 degree angle before the blade of the trigger pointed down-wards. Terrible explanation, I know, but I am hoping someone will get my drift.
I can weld/bend/forge this trigger to get the blade where it needs to sit, but I wonder if a 98A trigger would solve my problem? Or if others have run into this scenario?
A little help please? :cry: