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safety lever w/screw

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:09 pm
by chas1949
When did these appear on these rifles? Was it early pre M8s or later rifles. I recently acquired a nice M81 with this style lever. Could this be OEM?

Re: safety lever w/screw

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:04 am
by 81police
The safety w/ screw was a gradual introduction, starting in early 1928 (according to Henwood). This safety and the previous style w/out screw were used concurrently in production however, as you'll find late production 8's and Model 81's with both.

Re: safety lever w/screw

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:58 am
by chas1949
Thank you for the info...