OK, so i have an older Sporterized Rifle with a mauser action. THis rifle is relatively old, it was given to me and it has had some work done to it. What kind of work, i dont know. I do know that mausers have a three position safety. Mine has the same safety mechanism, but its only two positions, the third position allows me to remove the safety lever altogether. Anyway, one thing i noticed by accident, without a round in the chamber fortunately, is that once you close the bolt, the trigger will fire the pin if you put your finger behind it and push it forward. Of course it fires when you pull the trigger. I find this very strange...

Any ideas what this is about? I feel its just a side effect of whatever sporterizing was done to the rifle that was not taken care of. I imagine this was sported out during the 60's at the latest.

[This message has been edited by jed1154 (edited 12/2/2008 9:31p).]

Are you sure that it's not a single-set trigger that is out of adjustment?

I would say single set trigger too.

Possible. I have no idea how to 'fix' that, but i bet it requires taking the action apart, which is something i don't want to get into right now on account ill have to sight in again.

Maybe if i just put some cleaner and lube inside the trigger that would free it up?

[This message has been edited by jed1154 (edited 12/3/2008 8:44a).]

It may have what used to be called a Release Trigger...works just like it sounds, pull it to set it and then release it to fire.

These where used years ago on target and hunting rifles, mainly in Europe. The idea was that there where less muscles involved in the release and less flinching.

More likely your trigger is just dicked up.

PP

You probably don't have to take the action apart, but you will most likely need to take the action out of the stock. Look for an adjustment screw that changes the angle of the trigger and if so, see if it will push a small "ledge" at the upper portion of the trigger blade over corresponding block in the mechanism. If you find these parts, just experimenting with different settings will allow you to figure out if the system is out of adjustment, and how to fix it.

I know this sounds muddy, but you'll figure it out....

OK, got some info from a Mauser forum...

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THIS IS NORMAL THE TRIGGER WORKS AS A 'ROCKER' ON THE SEAR, EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD IT DOES THE SAME THING.

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So, its just crappy German engineering....

j/k

Thanks for the help guys! It looks like i dont have a trigger like you said, but i sure would like to have one.

[This message has been edited by jed1154 (edited 12/3/2008 1:33p).]

Sounds dangerous to me, but I've never seen one that was supposed to work that way.

Nor have I.

What i found out is that normally, the trigger wouldnt fire when pushed forward when the trigger gaurd is on the rifle. The gaurd or stock is cut such that it prevents the trigger from being pushed forward.

However, since mine is sprterized, there has likely been modification to the gaurd and stock to allow for clearance of whatever was done to the trigger. So, this is the result.

The trigger is kind of strange too. When the rifle is cocked, there is little if ANY 'creep' to the trigger. Its pretty much firm and only requires a little bit of force to fire the weapon. I assume thats not how the original is.

[This message has been edited by jed1154 (edited 12/4/2008 11:33a).]