Brno 602 safety

02 March 2010, 18:58

500nitro

Brno 602 safety

Guys,
I am having a 602 in 458 winmag converted to a new 45 cal rifle - 460 Bauer.
The gunsmith is Alan Henry of Natal Gunsmithing Services over here.
I will want to at some stage change the safety to a more conventional flick forward to fire mechanism.
I know it will require some fitting by a competent and qualified gunsmith and I have no intention of trying it myself, but was wondering who makes an aftermarket product for this.

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02 March 2010, 22:32

BNagel

Ed Lapour makes a great kit. Your 'smith will have to install and may have to do some fitting work. My 602 has one put on by a good 'smith locally. You will lose the field strip function of the 602 bolt -- in case you wanted to know.

http://www.edlapourgunsmithing.com/

03 March 2010, 02:36

Masterifleman

American Hunting Rifles makes one also and it is very nice. I think it's significantly cheaper than LaPour's but probably no better. They used my 602 to make the first one and it also uses a "filler" to replace the original safety. Oh, by the way, it is a Model Winchester style safety and not just a modification of the original BRNO safety.

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03 March 2010, 02:40

Masterifleman

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quote:
Originally posted by Masterifleman:
American Hunting Rifles makes one also and it is very nice. I think it's significantly cheaper than LaPour's but probably no better. They used my 602 to make the first one and it also uses a "filler" to replace the original safety. Oh, by the way, it is a Model Winchester 70 style safety and not just a modification of the original BRNO safety.

http://www.hunting-rifles.com/

03 March 2010, 02:47

Masterifleman

Just checked their website, looks like prices have gone up considerably. LaPour might be the better choice.

03 March 2010, 13:25

500nitro

thanks guys

06 March 2010, 10:34

hart

quote:
Originally posted by BNagel:
Ed Lapour makes a great kit. You will lose the field strip function of the 602 bolt -- in case you wanted to know.

http://www.edlapourgunsmithing.com/

You mean to say you can't disassemble the bolt with the saftey lever in the mid position,like a regular M70?

06 March 2010, 17:36

BNagel

The button on the left that allows you to depress (bolt cocked) and unscrew for disassembly goes away in the conversion. It is a 3-pos safety a la Winchester version. And, you are right about disassembly using the mid position. (Thanks for that -- didn't have it worked out, having only the one Brno and no M70s.)