CG63 parts
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Looking at the pictures in the book "Crown Jewels" by Dana Jones, the CG63 that were made at Gustaf arsenal used the standard M96 safety - so a lever on the bolt shroud that engaged the cocking piece. That system has nothing whatsoever to do with the trigger or the sear. I have a CG63 made by Norma. It has a slide safety along right side that blocks the trigger - so nothing whatsoever to do with the cocking piece or the shroud. I have not yet found out if that was a Norma thing, or something added by someone else over time? And then I read in that Crown Jewels book that there was a specific list of named gun smiths who were "authorized" to built the CG63 rifles - I have no information about those. I believe most everyone was getting their parts from the Carl Gustaf armoury, but, of course, to be "different" this Norma marked one has Norma insignia on its barrel, not CG insignia. So if your rifle is a "standard" CG63 made at Carl Gustaf arsenal, it will use the standard m96 Swede cocking piece, safety, sear, trigger, etc. It started life as a service rifle - a Model of 1896, likely - all the CG63 were conversions from previously existing mil-surfs - none were made "new". If you can tell us what is written across the top of the front receiver ring; the Inspector Initials and about the first 3 digits of the serial number that are on the left side of the receiver, we can likely figure out what it was. Or can PM that information to me if you do not want to post it.
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It is a 1904 carl Gustaf no
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It is a 1904 carl gustav reciever with a 3 position wing safety . The cooking piece isn't moving far enough rearward to allow the wing safety to out of fire position. I suspect either the tab on the cocking piece is worn(allowing it to sit too far forward) or the sear on the trigger is too far forward
It doesn't look like an original trigger . It is a sealed box like unit with no name
I'm at work, I can get more info when I get home
Thank you
It is a 1904 carl Gustaf no
Hi
Hi
It is a 1904 carl gustav reciever with a 3 position wing safety . The cooking piece isn't moving far enough rearward to allow the wing safety to out of fire position. I suspect either the tab on the cocking piece is worn(allowing it to sit too far forward) or the sear on the trigger is too far forward
It doesn't look like an original trigger . It is a sealed box like unit with no name
I'm at work, I can get more info when I get home
Thank you
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- Western Manitoba
From your description of your trigger - "a sealed box" - you may be correct - sounds very much like an aftermarket trigger unit with integral sear?? So far as the ones that I messed with, CG63 have a standard military Swede m96 trigger and sear. I can only assume that someone not really knowing what they were doing had replaced the trigger unit and did not finish the job. You are correct - usually there is a very tiny bevel needed on the leading edge of the cocking piece shoulder to allow that wing safety to engage. Then have a "check" sequence to ensure that the safety lifts the cocking piece off the trigger sear when engaged - so that the trigger can be pulled and released with the safety on, and that sear does so go back into place to accept the cocking piece when the safety is released - else the rifle will fire when safety released, because trigger sear was not in place.
Quite important on most any safety like Swede, mauser 98, P14, etc. that engaging the safety on the bolt shroud actually pulls the cocking piece slightly rearward - right off the trigger's sear - that way pulling and releasing the trigger re-sets it into correct position, so long as not being bound by poor inletting, crud, or whatever. Releasing the safety to "fire" should lower the cocking piece back down onto the trigger sear - if it is not there, the cocking piece just slams forward and fires the rifle. Can read an account of Jim Corbett taking a tiger that way with his Rigby mauser rifle - was very close - knew the safety made noise when released, so pulled the trigger, aimed, and fired the rifle by releasing the safety. He was around to write the story - the tiger was not, so it worked...
Quite important on most any safety like Swede, mauser 98, P14, etc. that engaging the safety on the bolt shroud actually pulls the cocking piece slightly rearward - right off the trigger's sear - that way pulling and releasing the trigger re-sets it into correct position, so long as not being bound by poor inletting, crud, or whatever. Releasing the safety to "fire" should lower the cocking piece back down onto the trigger sear - if it is not there, the cocking piece just slams forward and fires the rifle. Can read an account of Jim Corbett taking a tiger that way with his Rigby mauser rifle - was very close - knew the safety made noise when released, so pulled the trigger, aimed, and fired the rifle by releasing the safety. He was around to write the story - the tiger was not, so it worked...
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TradeEx was the go to for me - I do not know what they still stock for Swede mauser parts. The trigger assembly for a Swede, from memory, is a sear pin, a sear, a trigger pin, a trigger and a spring. The cocking piece had a thumb piece on the rear end - was often cut off when some firms did up sporters, and for the CG63, I think. The Swede cocking piece also had a secondary slot, so the safety could be "on" - so the bolt was locked - with the firing pin was forward in the fired position.
Sounds as if an aftermarket rigger unit was installed which does not hold the cocking piece far enough to the rear for the safety to engage it.
If the rifle was used exclusively for range shooting, the lack of a safety probably wasn't an issue.
Examine the cocking piece carefully. If it hasn't been altered, installing an issue trigger, spring and sear might do the trick. If the cocking piece has been altered, you are going to need a cocking piece, sear and trigger with spring.
If it were my rifle, and I was going to use it exclusively for target shooting, I'd leave it as is.
If the rifle was used exclusively for range shooting, the lack of a safety probably wasn't an issue.
Examine the cocking piece carefully. If it hasn't been altered, installing an issue trigger, spring and sear might do the trick. If the cocking piece has been altered, you are going to need a cocking piece, sear and trigger with spring.
If it were my rifle, and I was going to use it exclusively for target shooting, I'd leave it as is.
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I do not know if S&L made them for Mauser 98 or not. Would be surprised if they didn't. I recently received a brand new, never used or installed S&L 7.62 NATO barrel pre-threaded for a M1917 - minor lapping to get the threads to turn hand tight, but the thing is "bang on" for minimum headspace once the barrel shoulder hit the front of receiver. Not sure what you mean as "heavy" - this one is 1.260" for about 1.1" ahead of receiver, then tapers down to about .9" at 4" ahead of receiver - straight taper from there - muzzle end is a reduced diameter to .750" for a front aperture sight. It weighs 4 pounds 2.4 ounces on my postal scale. Overall length is 27 5/8". It has a 1-14" twist, so strongly suspected to have been made to build up a PALMA rifle, back in the day.
