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Old January 4, 2018, 06:25 PM   #1
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Wisner swing safety, 1903 turkish mauser

Anybody here know where a fella could get an instruction sheet on installing this safety?
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Old January 4, 2018, 07:35 PM   #2
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If you don't have access to a milling machine, forget it. Seriously, we used milling machines to modify the bolt shroud to take that safety. You need a key cutter to make incisions into the body of the bolt shroud. You also need to mill the bolt shroud to deepen for the shaft of the safety.

Even after modifying the shroud, we used a lathe to make a cap to cover the area above the safety (otherwise it looks like dog poo).
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Old January 5, 2018, 02:50 AM   #3
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Easier and cheaper in the long run: get a Dakota or PTG swing safety, $150, comes assembled and has instructions. 15 minutes to modify the bolt and install. Turns out much better than milling, drilling, assembling, and screwing the kits to the bolt shroud.
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Or, get a Mark II safety lever, 5 minutes to install, looks OK and works very well.
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Old January 5, 2018, 03:26 PM   #4
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Well heres the setback, already have shroud machined, and its assembled however I need info as it pertains to cocking piece camfer, and firing pin cut if there is one.
Everything else is a go
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Old January 5, 2018, 03:31 PM   #5
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Im not thinkin it will take much, but it helps to have answers.
I have installed the ptg before but this ones different as you fellas know.
I dont think it looks all that bad, this will be a hunting rifle anyway, so character not a problem.
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Old January 5, 2018, 08:09 PM   #6
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We didn't touch the firing pin and worked on the cocking piece until the safety would function.
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Old January 6, 2018, 11:48 AM   #7
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Alright sounds like a plan, cocking pieces are cheap enough, I have one or 2 laying around, so the experimental milling begins, but not today.......its my anniversary and wife put her foot down on gun work for today......
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Old January 6, 2018, 11:55 AM   #8
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First thing we did was soften the cocking piece with a torch which we cooled it in vermiculite (sp). BTW, prior to doing this we made a heat sink that was screwed into the cocking piece.

Then we put the cocking piece in a milling machine and milled two slots. We file fitted the cocking piece until the safety worked. That means a lot of filing on it where the key cutter cut a slot in the cocking piece.

Didn't the kit come with instructions? I should still have mine somewhere.
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Old January 7, 2018, 05:36 PM   #9
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4V50 Gary, no instructions.
Bought action that came with it, but not yet finished.
I went after it and got it functioning, so no sweat, just had to keep working it until the "light" came on, the some small grinding/ filing, and stoning.
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Old January 9, 2018, 01:20 PM   #10
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Brownells sells the Wisner for about $33. Any time I've called and asked, they have sent me a copy of the instructions for their different Brownells branded products free, so I could see if it was something I wanted. I would give them a buzz and see if they can't do it for this item, too. 800-741-0015, ask for technical support.
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Old January 20, 2018, 07:38 AM   #11
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Update: The safety works nicely it didnt require much material to be removed.
Mostly it sets cocking piece off sear maybe a tad too much and is a little bit stiff.
All that stiffness will be removed with polishing, but it does work and is a solid style of safety in my opinion.
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Thanks for the update.
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Old February 2, 2018, 04:35 PM   #13
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Also bought a floorplate lever kit to install, and this fella includes instructions so it should be a decent install.
I like the look of one he showed on a Custom Mauser group on Facebook, before and after pictures, so it looks like more custom shaping and fitting.
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