What is needed is to cut a bevel on the top upper edge of the cocking piece for the safety part to push against, and as the safety's cam turns in the bevel the cocking piece is forced rearward until the safety part blocks it.Ĭutting the bevel is a bit tricky, and as already stated, it is a cut and try job and will almost certainly require disassembly/reassembly of the bolt multiple times. If you cut/grind it a bit longer so that there is enough length to interact with the safety part and be pushed to the rear, you'll likely find that you can't get the safety to turn, just as it is now. But that does not move the cocking piece rearward, just prevents it from traveling forward. Just shortening the entire front face of the cocking piece will work to a certain extent, in that, if done carefully, you can hit the exact length needed for the safety part to pass in front of the cocking piece and freeze it in that location. It is a cut and try job, a little at a time until the desired result is achieved. I have done several of these fitting jobs in the past, and it isn't always easy. This moves the firing pin rearward slightly, as it is screwed into the cocking piece and goes along with it's movement to the rear, and also imposes a physical block (the safety part in front of the cocking piece) preventing the cocking piece from being released forward if the trigger is pulled. The way this safety is designed to function is that when the safety wing is turned from left (9 0'clock- fire position) to the right (3 o'clock-safe position) the cam on the bottom of the safety part forces it way in front of the cocking piece and moves it to the rear slightly. Seems as though yours is going to require modification. It's kind to the luck of the draw, as some will readily fit in other rifles or with other component parts, but some will not. Why that is I'm not certain, as German manufacturing of interchangeable parts was well advanced by 1891. These parts (safety and cocking piece) often need fitted when replaced or swapped about among rifles.