I would like to install a Win M70 type safety on my left hand LK M70 and was wondering whether any of you home smiths (not Pros) have done this and if so what tools you used and what difficulties you encountered.
Zastava LK M70
- Thread starter reomack
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- Location
- Western Manitoba
I installed either a Dakota or a Gentry horizontal swing three position safety on a RIGHT hand bolt of a Zastava LK M70. The other was installed on a Husqvarna 649 - I can no longer keep straight which went on which rifle - I think they were identical process? I used a 1/8" diameter diamond grinder "tube shaped" thing on my Dremel to make the new half round notch for the bolt locking function. Assuming that a left hand safety (which I have never seen or handled, but I know they exist) would be mirror image to the right hand one, expect some considerable fussing to get the cocking piece bevel for that safety done just so - so that the safety will pull that cocking piece off the trigger sear, when the safety is engaged. Is too easy to take too much - safety appears to engage, but cocking piece does not get lifted off the trigger sear - looking for another cocking piece, at that point. I am most definitely NOT a "pro" - at best might be described as a "tinkerer" - but I have been retired from work for several years - so is lots of time and a good selection of tools here. And multiple, multiple extra parts, reference books and instruction sheets.
- Location
- SE corner Sk
Sounds like a interesting project. What's the calibre of your rifle?
