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Mauser cocking piece getting shortened.

For those amateurs like me.... timing the safety means things must work together so the safety pushes back the firing pin ~0.030". If that does not work when put together, modification may be possible by altering:
1) the cocking piece
2) the trigger
3) the safety


The timing can display 3 states:
1) The safety would have to push the firing pin back too far, so it will not engage.
2) The safety pushes the firing pin back 0.030". With rifle cocked and the safety on, the trigger does nothing. When the safety is taken off, nothing happens until the trigger is pulled.
3) The safety does not push back the firing pin. With rifle cocked and the safety on, the trigger causes a small click. When the safety is taken off, the rifle fires that instant.


I have seen Mausers with the safety swing an arc with the wrong shape, so the only way to change the timing is welding material onto the safety.