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Please help identify this low swing Mauser safety
12 August 2017, 22:10
Austin HunterPlease help identify this low swing Mauser safety
This is on my 1950's commercial FN action. I have not be able to find pics of one anywhere else. Was this safety commercially available at some point from FN or another company? Or did the gunsmith make it? He's still alive, not sure if he will remember this it's been almost 60 years since he originally made this rifle for my dad.
I like the bulk/size of it. More substantial than other ones on the market today.
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12 August 2017, 22:37
drhall762Kind of looks like one of the early one piece Buehler safeties that has been checkered but I won't swear to that.
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12 August 2017, 22:54
Austin HunterAll the commercial FN Mauser pics I can find have a smaller/thinner low swing safety on the left side.
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13 August 2017, 04:46
Gary MacDonaldI can't identity it , but there was a time in this country that about every homeowner with a few tools could make about anything , kids birthday gifts , radios , generators , yes and even gun parts .
15 August 2017, 05:18
JBrownThis is just my guess: It looks like a standard military safety has had a new lever added to it and the third position ground off.
I wish I had it in hand. The photos seem to lack something.
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