pbennick

I purchased a receiver and had the smith barrel it for me. When I received it, it the safety would not function. I called the smith and he told me he thought I was going to replace the mil safety with an after market side swing safety. I tried the after market safety, but I had the same results: I can go from safe to fire, but I cannot get back to safe without removing the bolt and manually pulling the cocking piece back and putting it on safe. Paul

I have just received an FN Mauser rebarreled to 6.5 x 284 from a gunsmith in Oregon. The machine work looks great, but the rifle has a problem with the original mauser safety. If you can get the bolt in the safe position you are okay. If you push the safety lever over to the fire position you cannot get it back to safe. I have looked at the safety bevel, the cocking piece, firing pin, safety lever, etc., but nothing jumps out and says change me. When I push the safety from safe to fire, the cocking piece pops forward about 1/8 inch. There is no way to put it back on safe again without removing the bolt and manually pulling the cocking piece back. Does anyone have any ideas on what's going on? Also, are there different cocking piece lengths out there? Thanks, Paul