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koginam
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It's been a while but has anyone seen any Canjar set triggers for sale? I have been looking for a couple for some time. I need one for an Enfield, Mauser and Rem 700.
Canjar Triggers
They were hard to come by when they were in business. It would be ironic if they were easier to come by after they are out of business. I once had two triggers on order for over two years. I called and talked to "Mary at Canjar" every Friday for over a year. She would say "they will be ready next week". after a two years I cancelled my order. About a year later she called and said she had my two triggers. I told her I had cancelled my order and gotten my customers Jewells over a year earlier. I told her when I cancelled my order I ment it. A year or so later I heard they had gone out of business.
Nat Lambeth
They were hard to come by when they were in business. It would be ironic if they were easier to come by after they are out of business. I once had two triggers on order for over two years. I called and talked to "Mary at Canjar" every Friday for over a year. She would say "they will be ready next week". after a two years I cancelled my order. About a year later she called and said she had my two triggers. I told her I had cancelled my order and gotten my customers Jewells over a year earlier. I told her when I cancelled my order I ment it. A year or so later I heard they had gone out of business.
Nat Lambeth
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don carter
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I think Dan Kinneman has one. K.C.P. in Debois Wyoming. I gave him one last Oct. I don't know for what gun. Don
brian roberts
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Mr. Canjar (CAN-jer) used to run those..........
triggers in batches, I believe in lots of about 50-60 at a time, i.e. a batch of light pulls; then Mauser single-sets, etc. The way those triggers were made was truly amazing, and with the machinery he had it was doubly amazing, those having been purchased after the war as surplus or scrap. And sometimes scrap was significant. All the jigs and fixtures had been designed by him, many made by him as well, except for the welding I suppose. Plus, good labor wasn't easily found; the people there weren't getting machine-shop wages, so sometimes labor turnover was a consideration; And, most had to be trained to a certain degree by he & the foreman; even the guys that would get jobs there while going to CST had expenses that could be considerable, and they'd move on. Mr. Cangar held info like factory set-up & adjusting close to the vest, I guess to preclude imitators, a few of whom he had to sue. While his produce was good, he never wanted to glut the market, wanting instead to maintain a demand in place; The problem was, that if something unforseen occurred the demand got ahead of his production. Mr. Canjar lived a frugal, some might even say austere lifestyle, he had a little house on the property; Most didn't know it, he supposedly had some important responsibilities on the Manhattan Project. And, like all boys old and young, he still liked neat cars, you could peek in the window of his garage, and there was a white-on-red '54 Corvette; The hood was off and standing against the far wall, there was a 289 V-8 with two fours where the straight 6 had been, and there nearby, the six was standing on one end, still adorned with the three carburetors. Having no heirs, I believe Mary bought the business from a couple siblings he may have had, or he left it to her. Mary was the perfect manager, very loyal to a fault. Matthew Canjar had a stroke, I believe, and was in a nursing home for that, while Mary continued to run his business for him; that must have been a tremendous undertaking of responsibility for her. Anyway, after he'd been in this home/rehab, whatever, for a while, I believe he had progressed to where he could feed himself, and one day he aspirated some food and choked to death before anyone found him. When Mary spoke of this, her voice was very somber. Having only given up snow skiing in his seventies, it was a shame that such a self-reliant man, even then in his mid-eighties, should have such an unfortunate turn of events.
triggers in batches, I believe in lots of about 50-60 at a time, i.e. a batch of light pulls; then Mauser single-sets, etc. The way those triggers were made was truly amazing, and with the machinery he had it was doubly amazing, those having been purchased after the war as surplus or scrap. And sometimes scrap was significant. All the jigs and fixtures had been designed by him, many made by him as well, except for the welding I suppose. Plus, good labor wasn't easily found; the people there weren't getting machine-shop wages, so sometimes labor turnover was a consideration; And, most had to be trained to a certain degree by he & the foreman; even the guys that would get jobs there while going to CST had expenses that could be considerable, and they'd move on. Mr. Cangar held info like factory set-up & adjusting close to the vest, I guess to preclude imitators, a few of whom he had to sue. While his produce was good, he never wanted to glut the market, wanting instead to maintain a demand in place; The problem was, that if something unforseen occurred the demand got ahead of his production. Mr. Canjar lived a frugal, some might even say austere lifestyle, he had a little house on the property; Most didn't know it, he supposedly had some important responsibilities on the Manhattan Project. And, like all boys old and young, he still liked neat cars, you could peek in the window of his garage, and there was a white-on-red '54 Corvette; The hood was off and standing against the far wall, there was a 289 V-8 with two fours where the straight 6 had been, and there nearby, the six was standing on one end, still adorned with the three carburetors. Having no heirs, I believe Mary bought the business from a couple siblings he may have had, or he left it to her. Mary was the perfect manager, very loyal to a fault. Matthew Canjar had a stroke, I believe, and was in a nursing home for that, while Mary continued to run his business for him; that must have been a tremendous undertaking of responsibility for her. Anyway, after he'd been in this home/rehab, whatever, for a while, I believe he had progressed to where he could feed himself, and one day he aspirated some food and choked to death before anyone found him. When Mary spoke of this, her voice was very somber. Having only given up snow skiing in his seventies, it was a shame that such a self-reliant man, even then in his mid-eighties, should have such an unfortunate turn of events.
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Big Al
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I all ways wonder about that situation. I think Mary was a niece of his. I recall asking her over the phone. This is a story so often seen among our old time gun folks. It saddens me to think of all the lonely old timers that have gone this way in our hobby.
We just don't know until to late the true situation many of our old timers face. A visit to these folks is owed to them, when we can. Before it's to late and we are faced with our own guilt for not paying more attention to them.
Thanks for the rest of the story!
We just don't know until to late the true situation many of our old timers face. A visit to these folks is owed to them, when we can. Before it's to late and we are faced with our own guilt for not paying more attention to them.
Thanks for the rest of the story!
brian roberts
New member
Yeah, Al, he had a cataract..........
and one of his buddies was an older eye surgeon, and cut it out, not using laser or any other method. One morning he was standing there, trying to do something with two tools, I forget exactly what he was doing, but it was a thread-the-needle kind of thing. He was trying & trying, and I could see he was way off, so I walked over & watched for a second or two, but he didn't ask for help, so I just reached out and took his hands and did it for him, then let go and walked away. I often hoped that he hadn't resented that, but I was trying not to cause him any frustration over his condition. He and John(?) DuBiel were good friends, I saw him one day, too. They said when DuBiel showed up he dropped everything, and the two of them solved any gunsmithing problems together. Kinda like two little boys puzzling things through, and making suggestions on different possible solutions; Except they both had grey hair and glasses, the oldest little boys you'd ever seen.
and one of his buddies was an older eye surgeon, and cut it out, not using laser or any other method. One morning he was standing there, trying to do something with two tools, I forget exactly what he was doing, but it was a thread-the-needle kind of thing. He was trying & trying, and I could see he was way off, so I walked over & watched for a second or two, but he didn't ask for help, so I just reached out and took his hands and did it for him, then let go and walked away. I often hoped that he hadn't resented that, but I was trying not to cause him any frustration over his condition. He and John(?) DuBiel were good friends, I saw him one day, too. They said when DuBiel showed up he dropped everything, and the two of them solved any gunsmithing problems together. Kinda like two little boys puzzling things through, and making suggestions on different possible solutions; Except they both had grey hair and glasses, the oldest little boys you'd ever seen.
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Big Al
Guest
Tugs on the old heart strings these memories. I have a list of them myself.
Kinda hard to see the screen at the moment.
Kinda hard to see the screen at the moment.
brian roberts
New member
Sorry about that, Al, I didn't...........
mean to do that to you, but I just got the same way reading your post. Kinda like Mr. Kenyon, I always wanted one of his triggers on a Rem., but I couldn't afford it, and there was always that wait. Now he's out, too.
Sorry, Koginam, didn't mean to hijack your post.
mean to do that to you, but I just got the same way reading your post. Kinda like Mr. Kenyon, I always wanted one of his triggers on a Rem., but I couldn't afford it, and there was always that wait. Now he's out, too.
Sorry, Koginam, didn't mean to hijack your post.
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Big Al
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I have several of Mr. Canjar's triggers I bought back in the mid-70's. They are for my hunting Mausers and a couple of my old hunting M-70's. I have to say they are the best hunting triggers, I've ever seen for a single set trigger. I never had one freeze up on me in freezing rain. That is the only box trigger I can say that about. They are a monument to design and craftsmanship.
To bad future generations will not see there like.
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Jkob
Guest
I came across three of the Canjar set triggers yesterday just by chance. Two are for the model 70 and one is for a Springfield. Don't have any idea what they are worth but they are new and for sale. If you are interested in them, please email me with offers.
Jim
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glcfire@comcast
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FYI, Mary was no niece of uncle Matt, only an employee
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Wapiti
Guest
Brian,
When did you work there? I know Neal R. and Brion S. well.
Good shooting.
When did you work there? I know Neal R. and Brion S. well.
Good shooting.
brian roberts
New member
Do you mean.......
Brion, or Brian St.-Denis??? 82-83, been so long, I don't even remember anymore. I think his dad had recently died. Lotsa jobs, better now, though.
Brion, or Brian St.-Denis??? 82-83, been so long, I don't even remember anymore. I think his dad had recently died. Lotsa jobs, better now, though.
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KG2V
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I have one of his set triggers on my M77
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harleyrider
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Canjar trigger for sale
I have an almost new canjar trigger for a 98 mauser. It was manufactured in the early 1970s
Best offer
Thanks
Tom
I have an almost new canjar trigger for a 98 mauser. It was manufactured in the early 1970s
Best offer
Thanks
Tom
