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Gents: A few years back I picked up a rifle for a few hundred dollars. It's a John Dickson & Sons (engraved on the barrel), Mauser-actioned bolt gun in .270 Winchester. I don't know much about this gun, but my best guess is that it was built in Birmingham (marked "Made in England") in the 1950s or 60s and sold by Dickson as an entry-level, "I'm going to Canada to hunt sheep" kind of gun.

It's got some miles on it, but remains very accurate, has open three-position iron sights (came with Tolley bases, as well), and is chambered for a great, practical cartridge. I consider it my foul-weather deer rifle. That's the good part.

The not-so-good is the trigger, which is a two-stage "military" style; the bolt, the top half of which was ground away to clear some sort of scope; and the safety, which is this white-steel, after-market number also put on to accommodate the scope.

The safety is the only part I can't live with. It rattles and, worse yet, tends to let itself "off" when the rifle is carried. When at "nine o'clock" the safety is off and at "eleven o'clock" it's on. How hard will it be to retrofit this rifle with a safety that is much closer to original and, frankly, just "safer"? Suggestions as to my next steps? It won't make sense to put a lot of money into this gun. Your thoughts, as always, will be appreciated. TT


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Since the gun has already been frigged with a bit I'd say replace the bolt shroud, and since you don't like the trigger replace it with an aftermarket that has a side safety. Alternatively replace the bolt shroud with a new one that has a Win M70 type safety and get used to the trigger. Two-stage triggers take some getting used to but the ones I shoot aren't bad. Your mileage may vary, and either way you're looking at 150-200 bucks.

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TT - Your problems are simple to resolve and as NT stated options for safeties and triggers on a 98 Mauser are numerous. I suggest you look at what is avaiable frm Brownells for instance. Just to add - the 2 stage trigger can be altered into an adjustable single stage with not all that much effort. FWIW --- John Can.

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These guns were extensively used in Scotland for deer management by professionals. They are cheap to buy when they turn up at auction - check Scotarms, which seems to turn them up. Don't pay too much to fix it up IMO.


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