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[keebler718]

Can anyone help be decipher which Mauser i have???i want to order a Timney for it but don't know what this thing is!!

 

[Adam in WI]

Any markings on it? Kinda looks like a Zastava M70 with the double set triggers but I thought they had side safeties, not wing safeties on the bolt shroud.

 

[rgc54]

Need to see a close up of the left side also front receiver ring


It looks like a commercial 98 tho. Is the diameter of the front receiver ring 1.350 or close

 

[Hntndad]

Hard to say for sure which Mauser you have without identifying markings but for the purposes of purchasing a trigger, what you need to know is that it is a large ring Mauser and you will have no problems fitting it with a Timney. Since your Mauser does not have the thumb recess, it looks like an FN Mauser or a variant of a commercial Mauser.

 

[riflewoman]

There are some markings on the receiver LHS just under the scope mount. Can we get a pic of that
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[Stan Taylor]

I would learn the double set triggers an leave it alone a commercial mauser is what you got it is probably an fn.

 

[joshb]

Yup! Those triggers are very desirable. I’d keep it as is. If you do put a new trigger on it, send me a pm and a price for the double set trigger!

 

[mauser284]

Well sadly everyone wants a different trigger today! It is the trendy wallet lightener! Nothing says internet expert or gun rag neophyte like trigger talk, trigger graphs, trigger scales etc.....I have never had a rifle that I felt compelled to swap out the trigger on.

In this case it is a Mauser of some sort with a Buehler low scope safety on it, cheap scope, poorly mounted and a cheap stock so it might be a really good double set trigger or it could be a real turd. So all you really need to know is large ring or small ring, commercial or military and action length. Screw spacing and reciever diameter is the fastest way to figure it out.

https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn/learndetail.aspx?lid=11029

 

[shortgrass]

Yup! Those triggers are very desirable. I’d keep it as is. If you do put a new trigger on it, send me a pm and a price for the double set trigger!

I wouldn't pay much or maybe even buy a double set trigger unless I was absolutely sure what 'brand' it is. You'll need a new kick-off, as it is hand fit to each rifle, not a "drop-in". I think the ones NECG (New England Custom Gun) sells are probably made by Recknagle. The kick-offs (a separate piece) may or may not be able to be used on any other makers trigger. Also, requires some work on the trigger guard as the triggers are 'hung' from it and not the action.

 

[joshb]

I wouldn't pay much or maybe even buy a double set trigger unless I was absolutely sure what 'brand' it is. You'll need a new kick-off, as it is hand fit to each rifle, not a "drop-in". I think the ones NECG (New England Custom Gun) sells are probably made by Recknagle. The kick-offs (a separate piece) may or may not be able to be used on any other makers trigger. Also, requires some work on the trigger guard as the triggers are 'hung' from it and not the action.

Thanks for that info. I wasn’t thinking of using it myself. I owe a present to a friend. Gary, down in Florida. My favorite Mauser advisor, otherwise known as Ggmac.

 

[mauser284]

Well sadly everyone wants a different trigger today! It is the trendy wallet lightener! Nothing says internet expert or gun rag neophyte like trigger talk, trigger graphs, trigger scales etc.....I have never had a rifle that I felt compelled to swap out the trigger on.

In this case it is a Mauser of some sort with a Buehler low scope safety on it, cheap scope, poorly mounted and a cheap plastic stock so it might be a really good double set trigger or it could be a real turd. If I had to wager I would go with it not being a great trigger. So all you really need to know is large ring or small ring, commercial or military and action length. Screw spacing and receiver diameter is the fastest way to figure it out.

https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn/learndetail.aspx?lid=11029

I did not mean anything by the what I said. It is just normally when you run into a Mauser in a cheap stock, that style of low scope mount, cheap scope does not usually equal a quality double set trigger. I have 2 $50 Mauser's that have been road hard and put away wet by the previous owners and if I saw a photo of either of them with a double set trigger on them and a buba sporterized miltary stock I would not assume it had a quality trigger. Both of them will put meat in the freezer all day and all night long. So I apologize if I offended you.

 

[std7mag]

Yeah, i was looking at the pictures wondering if it was in perpetual fire mode with the safety.
Hoosier gunworks used to have a place on their website that gave dimensions to tell what family of Mauser it was.

Need the outside diameter of the front of the receiver, and distance center to center of the action screws.

 

[shortgrass]

Distance between action screws means little. There are standard length Mauser '98s and intermediate length Mauser '98s, like the Yugo 24/47 and Model 48. Those Yugos will seat a Swedish Mauser '96 bottom metal perfectly. The Model 96 is a small ring, with a barrel thread of .98 - 12 t.p.i.. The large ring '98 has a barrel thread of 1.1 -12 t.p.i.. There is such a thing as a small ring '98. Some small ring '98s have the .980 thred and some have the 1.1 thread. A dead give away of the Model '98, std length or intermediate length, small ring or large ring, is the 3rd 'safety' lug , that seats in the bottom of the action bore behind the bolt handle under the rear bridge. As for the safety on the rifle in the pic, it is a Buehler 2 position safety, made for scoped Mausers and at one time Springfields, too. Double set triggers don't have "side safeties".

 

[Adam in WI]

Double set triggers don't have "side safeties".

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/854315668

 

[dolek]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/854315668

Nice rifle...

 

[shortgrass]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/854315668

I'll be damned! Zastava came up with one. Maybe I should say, no traditional , after market double set trigger system has a side safety.

 

[Adam in WI]

I should've had one of those bought already.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Your Set Trigger is more than likely very Early German ?
Your safety shroud is Military Style 98 with after market lever .
Lots of these Rifles built in the 50's and 60's and reworked after that.

That Trigger may just be a Gold Mine to the right person ?
I would not give it up ..

 

[SBS]

You have a large ring commercial variation of a 98 Mauser (note the step-up from the side of the action to the large ring). That is the info. you need to buy a trigger. If you buy a basic Timney without a side safety, you may well need to adjust the cocking piece to make the current safety work properly.

 

[Joe Maisto]

I would learn the double set triggers an leave it alone a commercial mauser is what you got it is probably an fn.

If it is, it will probably take the same Timney as an 03-a3, as mine did...