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Thanks Ed, Got busy today and didn't get a chance to call him, will try to remedy that tomorrow.

Mike

I have a two position Wisner that Jim Kobe put on.
I have a two position Chapman that I put on with Chapman tooling.
I have a number of Dumoulin 3 position that came with an action attached.

What is your opinion of each?

To me Mauser means 3-pos, although both of my current sporters have modern Remington style safeties. One because it came that way and one because it was a cheaper package trigger/safety on a budget build.


Mike

The third position means nothing to me.
The Chapman has a lot of sharp edges compared to the Wisner.
The price difference may be $10, which would not pay much per hour for turning a Chapman into a Wisner shape.

I know it's a bit of a necro-thread revival, but ........

Does anyone have any pics of the aforementioned safeties in the "safe" position?

We are having this discussion on another site. I am not happy with the position of the Dakota lever as it's very vulnerable to be moved into the "fire" position by mistake.

That's because when in the middle position it is only for disassembly ot the bolt. Safety position is all the way to the back. Also the reason I don't use Genty's is due to the weak detent, it is not very positive.

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.