Double set trigger

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Good day all! Inherited a small ring Mauser 98 8x57 from my dad and it use to have double set triggers and I now only have the front trigger, I would like to have it like it was with double set trigger! How easy l/hard is it to find one? Where should I look? If you know someone that have an extra one please let me know!
Thanks
 
Not sure that you will find exact replacement - I believe that TradeEx has or at least had ones - but from German guns, as if fitted and honed to fit into the trigger guard and match perfectly - almost like one-of-a kind things. I have at least two with broken leaf springs that defeat the "set" function - I am still learning how to replicate what was probably an apprentice level task to make replacements - anneal, shape, heat, draw temper, hone to fit - back in those days ...
 
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You might be missing more than just the trigger... have a gunsmith examine it before you go searching...
 
Yeah maybe, I will open her up and have a look, there is a retired gun smith up here that I know quite well… maybe he can help!
 
In the link above it shows what is in there at the moment! Please let me know what I need to get it back as a double set trigger.
Thank you
 
In the link above it shows what is in there at the moment! Please let me know what I need to get it back as a double set trigger.
Thank you

Is "over my head" - compared to mine is an entire second trigger not there - and that top side screw seems to have evidence in its slot that someone had a tool on it. Is also that tiny screw behind what I think should be the front trigger - is for setting pull weight or travel I think. But I am obviously not much help - what I see in your pictures is not at all what I have here ...
 
Is "over my head" - compared to mine is an entire second trigger not there - and that top side screw seems to have evidence in its slot that someone had a tool on it. Is also that tiny screw behind what I think should be the front trigger - is for setting pull weight or travel I think. But I am obviously not much help - what I see in your pictures is not at all what I have here ...

Hmmm maybe I’m hooped… the little screw is to set travel of the front trigger, I’m pretty sure!! Thanks for the help anyway!
 
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Hmmm maybe I’m hooped… the little screw is to set travel of the front trigger, I’m pretty sure!! Thanks for the help anyway!

Double set triggers can be a dream come true or a nightmare come true.

There are all sorts things that can interfere with them working properly, such as stock compression interfering with the tolerances or improper setting of let off, damaged contact angles.

If you don't know what you're doing, when it comes to double set triggers and your set trigger is missing, use the rifle as is.

In the past couple of years, I've come across a half dozen, recently imported rifles with set triggers that have been take out, immobilized or removed.

They take some getting used to.

I have a BRNO double set trigger I've set up on a rifle built last year. It's been set up in such a manner that the front, sear release trigger won't work unless the set trigger is pulled.

Took hours of fiddling to get this to happen, but I've also replaced the bolt shroud with an after market shroud, without a safety.

My system eliminates the need for a safety, but most folks would have a hard time getting used to it.

My advice to you on that trigger is to leave it alone, if it's working properly.

Parts for those triggers are rare as hen's teeth and getting them made up is horrendously expensive.

There aren't many smiths in Canada or the US that know how to set up, let alone repair double set triggers.
 
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