Thread: 6x45 Rem barrel

Originally Posted by Friwi

On a lot of those old one, the safety is pretty much useless and borderline dangerous and not easy to adjust.
The good news is that an aftermarket Mauser 98 three position wing safety "à la Winchester 70" can be fitted to that bolt. It needs some carefull work but will turn that rifle into the ultimate mini rifleman' rifle :-)

A "Mauser 98" trigger with a safety (Timney etc) will also fit without modification (well maybe it'll need a wee touch to the inlet in the trigger area) which opens up the field a lot as there are many really good Mauser 98 aftermarket triggers out there.

Its a shame the design (with such a short rear bridge which forms the bolt guide) and manufacture (highly variable even within a particular lot) sometimes produces a bolt that needs babied as @micky-Duck points out. Mine is fine, the Dunedin one I saw was better, another one owned by a forum member that I've handled is fine too, others not so . . . . there is not much evidence on the interweb of successful fixes either apart from a few full custom jobs by the likes of James Anderson (megabucks)