700 REM. Adjustable trigger?

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PAHOGHUNTER

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Does anyone know if the REMINGTON MODEL 700 has a adustable trigger? I can't seem to find the information on their web site.
 
What are the advantages to purchasing a high end trigger, such as a jewell or timney trigger, as apposed to just reducing the trigger pull on the existing Remington trigger. I don't have any experience with after market triggers. I've always just had a gunsmith adjust the pull on the existing trigger
 


Remmington triggers, when adjusted and perhaps storned a bit, are really pretty good. Improvements are mostly a feel thing - the take up is shortened, there is no creep, and overtravel is adjusted to almost zero.




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Some advantages of an aftermarket trigger over the factory trigger are drop-in installation (10 minutes with a screwdriver), metal parts are actually machined instead of formed of sintered metal (stronger, less likely to crack), wider engagement surfaces (smoother trigger, better feel), better adjustability (larger, locking adjustment screws). All that for about the same cost as taking it to a gunsmith and tuning the factory trigger.
 
IMHO, the Jewell trigger is the finest available. It's adjustable from 1.5 ounces to 4 pounds. It has some travel (any trigger needs some travel), but it's so smooth that you can't feel it. You can only see it if you watch while squeezing it. You don't feel anything when it releases.:cool:
 
I have a Rem 673 rifle in .350mag. Of course it had the stock trigger when I bought it and it measured out to around 6.5# pull! I played with it a bit and got it down to around 4# through the trigger adjustment screws. Best I could do especially given that I'm not good at stoning things and don't want to trust my work on it.

I recently bought a Rifle Basix trigger ($90 from Midway), 1.5# to 3.5#, factory set at 2#. It's absolutely everything I wanted in a hunting trigger. I did not really want to go below 1# on a pull and for hunting purposes (big game) I wanted to stick around 2#. The pull is a super clean crisp break with just a bit of overtravel.

Best of all, it dropped in with about 10 minutes of work and a small brass punch.

Yes, there are triggers that can be adjusted down to 1 ounce pulls, and yes, that makes sense for pure target shooting. But for hunting I like a 2# pull.

Just gotta ask the question: how much trigger do you need? A $200 ultralight target or a $90 hunting trigger.
 
Great trigger though the Jewell is, it suffers from dirt getting in which affects the working, for match purposes theyre great , for all round stuff i can only speak highly of the shilen trigger with factory safety, from Brownells good price and the three Ive fitted have been just great.
 
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Dear Shooter:
Remington triggers are excellent - never, never go below 4 pounds on ANY trigger!
If you're not savy on adjustments and the ramifications of it don't try it!

Harry B.
 
Hmmm, "never go below 4# on ANY trigger?" Hmmmm, kind of makes one want to scratch one's head. :cool: Remington factory 700 triggers can easily be adjusted, safely down to about 2.5#, by just following the simple instructions previously supplied. 3# is about right for hunting, unless you actually want to hit something at range or something that's smaller than a deer.

My Timney triggers on my 700s are adjusted to just over 1#, but they're only used for varmint/target shooting. They still pass the safety tests.
 
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Question why never go below four pounds?? All my trigger on rifles are 2/3 pounds with one Mosin at 1 pound. My pistols are set at 1/3/3.5 depending on what they are used for . The only time I would not go below four pounds is for a newbie that has very little shooting experience. Be Safe Out There.
 
If you're not savy on adjustments and the ramifications of it don't try it!
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Boy is Mr. Bonar right on that one. I'd just as soon pay Mr. Bonar (if he were located in Nebraska, that is :D) to do it right and have a safe trigger.
 
Personally, I think very light trigger pulls (say 1-1.5#) are overrated...MAYBE they have place in benchrest competition, but otherwise I think that its far more important to have crisp pull with no creep, that to have a very light pull. That's not to say an 8# trigger pull is good, but 2-3#s in a "sporting gun" should be fine, if it's crisp and clean. I have couple guns that I re-worked myself (VERY carefully) and while I lightend the pull a bit, most of the improvement was "smoothing" things out. Mostly I just (VERY carefully) stoned the contact areas, and then polished them. I can shoot as well with them as my buddy does with his target guns (that have REALLY low pulls).
 
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"never, never go below 4 pounds on ANY trigger"

Maybe for a novice shooter... But "never, never" and "ANY trigger" is just silly.

Depends on what you're shooting, what your shooting at, and what your purpose is.

My fifles range from 3/4 and up to 5 (maybe more), depending on which rifle, what its for, and what I'm planning on doing with it.
 
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Dear Shooter:
DFAUGH, I agree on your post - bench-resters may need a super light trigger but I object to light triggers on combat pistols, and hunting rifles. My grandson has a 338 RUM and put a timney super-lite on it and I tell you, you can blow on it to set it off. (They told me they just shut the bolt very slowly:eek: That it assinine!
On my varmit rifles on Mauser actions have NO Timneys on them just the TWO-STAGE military triggers polished up alot. I shoot just as good as the "lite-trigger guys!"
On my 416 Taylor, my 9.3X62 I've left the two-stage triggers on. Two-Stage is the finest trigger ever designed, you take up the initial and then you know when your gun will discharge!
Also, smiths who put less than a 4# trigger on a 45 - 1911, are just blowing smoke - wait, if they ever shoot anybody, watch them defend themselves in court!
Hey! If you pull a trigger correctly you don't need less than 4#!
Harry B.
 
LOL Go get 'em Harry

Just because you have a rifle or pistol that has a light pull doesn't mean you have to have one like that. Harry is speaking from experience and knowledge. I can take any trigger down to a safe range and it still be a crisp pull and most folks cannot tell what weight it actually is. People love to feel a crisp trigger and I make mine crisp enough that a 4lb trigger pull seems very light to most of my customers. I have set up some at 3lbs that the customer brought back and asked me to bring the weight back up a little bit simply because they thought it was closer to 2lbs.

Trigger weight isn't the best thing to judge trigger pull by to begin with, but it is what a lot of folks go by. A good safe 4lb pull is as low as you need to go, but anyone can take it lower if they know what they are doing and will stand behind it if they have an accidental discharge. Just ain't too many that want to stand behind an accident though.
 
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Dear Shooters:
CNTRYBOY1289 has a good post, as usual.
I was combat trained and actually never had the money to buy triggers. They say, "poor folk have poor ways." I guess if I had had the cash I would have had Timneys on all my guns - but I really do like the military two-stage.
Good posts, guys!
Harry B.

P.S. Still, I've always felt that some shooters want a light trigger to avoid, "pulling" or "flinching." You will pull or flinch the same amount with a featherweight as a two stage, and, I've found that I have better control with the two-stage - I will flinch once in a while after not having shot for a while.
UH! I seem, upon reflection, remember that I have double, double lever set triggers on all my muzzle-loaders! Uh! Oh!
 
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