Mauser Trigger Help

Timney Sportsman Trigger Mauser 98 without Safety 2 to 4 lb Blue - MidwayUSA


I have a Mauser 98k type action. The trigger pull is really long and annoying, but is erratic and sometimes lets off immediately when you least expect, adversely affects accuracy.

So I researched it as best as I could, and purchased a Timney trigger for Mauser 98k from Midway. The original trigger has the spring at the front of the housing that just sits in that little cylindrical "tub". There is no attachment other than the one drift pin into its receiver lug. The new aluminum Timney trigger assembly has an allen set screw in the front instead of a spring. The instructions seem to imply that the set screw is used to attach the Timney there by screwing it into the bottom of the receiver. However, the bottom of the receiver has no holes at all for attaching a trigger, only the lug for the drift pin, thats it. Am I supposed to drill and tap the bottom of the receiver, nobody said anything about that in their descriptions. Thanks for any assistance!

After you install the pin (same hole that the original trigger pivots on) you tighten up the trigger assembly by tightening the set screw and it will lock the whole assembly in place. No holes need to be drilled.

Devil Dog, got it, it is coming together now, the level of adjustment on the set screw seems to affect how easy or hard it is to engage the safety, so as advised on the Mauser forum, will have to address that. Timney says to firm up the set screw with loctite once the correct level is set. The trigger pull is a huge improvement from the stock trigger. Thx

Got it installed pretty good, but with action in the stock, the bolt is hard to open. Then, with magazine / trigger guard assy and action screws installed, it becomes impossible to open the bolt. (Ironically, with the action screwed to the lower magazine/trigger guard assy, without the stock, the bolt will open.) Is this another cocking piece adjustment? The Timney instructions say to adjust "screw #3" for bolt not opening, but that does no good.

I'll guess on this one..... The fact that it will not work when the action screws are tightened while the action is out of the stock doesn't mean much. The rear screw is probally being tightened too much. The Timmney trigger assembly is much larger than the standard Mauser trigger. Wood must be removed so it is not touching anything. Remove any wood that is touching the trigger assembly. In your case the sear is being jammed against the cocking piece. This should be corrected with the "sear engagement" adjustment screw.

Devil Dog, we have a string with some pics going over on the Mauser forum. Problem was solved. I noticed a slight indentation where that little tab at rear of the trigger sear that sticks out the back just a little was inprinting into the wood. I relieved a little more wood from the front of the rear action screw hole, and now the bolt works fine. That tab (part of the sear that touches the spring) was contacting the wood and was binding the sear when the action was screwed into the stock, and as you said, jamming the sear up into the cocking piece.