I am building a battery of 6 rifles using identical left hand mauser 98 commercial zastava actions.
I know that I will get a chorus suggesting I use something else - but I paid less than half for all six than I would pay for one custom LH action.
I don't want a savage, a ruger, remington, browning or weatherby lefty either as I have concluded that anything less than what the Mauser boys designed in 98 is a step or two down the ladder.
I can do a fair bit of work myself. For calibers I have selected the following. 6,5 x55, 7 x 57, .30/06 and 9,3 x 62 for the light rifles to be stocked on the Rigby highland stalker pattern (except for the 7 x 57 which will be a mannlicher stock in the Mauser M pattern). I have 4 cuts of California fiddleback off the same tree to do so. The other two will be a .375 H&H and .404. One will be stocked in a heavy piece of turkish, the other english walnut. I suppose that other than perhaps sniping at ultra long range antelope or woodchucks, I am well equipped for anything that has walked on the face of the earth and thats that.
I am slicking up the recievers so the actions are a little better. I do not care for the Zastava bottom metal and will replace the standard calibers with the Oberndorf style guards and the 2 big boys with Swift bottom metal.
I am still up in the air about scope mounts, but I like the claw mount concept very much.
Here is the point I am seeking input on. I will use Wismer Model 70 safeties made especially for this action. For the two big boys, I will use the standard military trigger as it is the least complicated and least likely to ever bobble. I may also so this on the 9,3 as it might see a little action with larger game.
HERE IS THE QUESTION I ASK OF MY DEAR GENTLE READERS:
I am stuck between the Timney and the Dayton Traister triggers. I lean towards the D-T because it is smaller (less wood removed in inletting) less complex, and made of steel instead of the large aluminium one of the Timmy.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?