I'm considering a Timney Trigger

There are Timney target triggers that adjust to ounces. Such triggers are not suitable for big game hunting where you may find yourself shooting with gloves on. I have my Timney triggers set closer to 2 1/2 pounds, but that is as low as I would go for safety reasons. For highly competitive target shooting, Jewell may well be the way to go.
 
My Ruger 77 had about a 6# trigger, at least.

The Timney is less than 1/2 of that. It bolts on and some filing is req to make the safety work. Go very slowly when doing the filing. Check often to see when it just clears. You will understand when doing it.
 
The Timney trigger is installed. It took a bit of work to get the Safety Tab on the trigger filed to just the right amount and I had to do some metal removal on the stock (Hogue Overmoulded, with the aluminum bedding channel) to get the action to drop in, but all went well. Other than the metal removal, it was really easy, though it wasn't as fast a process as I had expected - due entirely to the filing I had to do. Naturally, I had to shoot it and I did, and the POI hadn't changed at all from removing and reinstalling the action into the stock. The trigger feels great. I'd like to say that I put 20 bullets into one tiny hole, but that didn't happen. Still, it shot pretty darn well, as usual. It'll take a while before I can tell if the better trigger helps my shooting.
 
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Here are two drawings I made of relief cuts for the Timney trigger to fit in a Mosin Nagant.

One is for the cuts in the wood of the stock.
One is for the cuts in the metal of the rear pillar that I glassed into the stock.
 

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