New safety on a mauser?

[TheSilverSlayer]

Hey guys just wanted to make sure I'm being safe here.  I have a 1948 FN mauser, it had been modified to have a trigger safety that you slide back and forth with your thumb.  Anyway, one day when I took it apart I lost the little spring that makes it all work.  I bought a bolt shroud off ebay that has a Mark II safety on it.  Seems to work fine, no issues.  Is there anything I need to consider when installing a this safety? I shouldn't affect any of the critical tolerances on the gun right? The shroud had been bead blasted, so I just finished blueing it, looks great!

[mcwoodduck]

There were three safeties for the 98's.
the military safety that gets in the way of a scope,
the short safety that replaced it.  It was a lever that only had about a 45 degree throw.
and then a wing safety that looks like a Win M 70 or the Ruger 77 MK II safety.
the Trigger safety or slide safety is like the one on a Sako early actions. or similar to a Remington M700.
I have seen some Manicher conversions that had both on them.

[TribReady]

I've got a rifle with the Mark II safety and it works perfectly.  It's nothing fancy and it isn't like a nicer little slide safety, but it does the job.
Shouldn't have any affect on accuracy or anything like that.

[TheSilverSlayer]

Yeah its like a military safety except it only has 2 positions fire and safe with the ability to open the bolt.  As far as I can tell the shroud is a stock military shourd.

The old safety was nice when it worked.  It was made by some guy named H.B. Anderson, but like I said I lost the spring that goes inside it.

[Mikey]

SilverSlayer:  if you feel you need to replace the trigger, one of the aftermarket trigger assemblies by Bold Triggers comes with the same type/style safety you describe and they are easy to install.  HTH.

[TheSilverSlayer]

I actually like the trigger, I put a lighter spring in it so it has somewhat of a lighter pull. No creep either.

[Redtail1949]

i have two swedes with after market two position safeties. Simple conversion and i agree that if your gunsmith can not do it or does not know how..get another.

I would recommend you keep the military saftey if you can, scope clearnce is the problem, i am going back to the military safties on all my mauser rifles. Why, because I am a left hand shooter and carry these rifles slung over my left shoulder and have many too many times shouldered the guns and the safety had been knocked down to off safe.

this was because climbing in the mountains the safety hit my coat and was easily pushed down. i am aware as heck of that but it is just too unsafe.
if you just shoot off bench or just go out to bang a few no real problem but it is if used in conditions as stated. the scopes where not considered in the design of these fine rifles, hence the problem when we scope them.