Jewell trigger in Model 70

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Is a Jewell trigger an easy installation in a Winchester model 70
I had one in a Rem 700, it was a great trigger, does it work as well
In the Winchester
 
I'm a fan of Jewell's in AR's and M 700's but I do not think that he makes one for a Winchester. You could call them.
 
I've got three Jewels in three 70's. All work perfect. Win. 70's were one of the first rifles they were made for.

Another great trigger for Win 70's is the Anschutz smallbore biathlon rifle trigger with an adapter to use it.
 
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Mine we're drop in. The directions supplied were good for adjusting it.

As it's sear block that holds the firing pin back may change the position of the firing pin's cocked position and make the safety hard to put on. A bit of metal ground off of the pin's cocking piece fixes it.
 
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They are a drop in but may have to do little inletting on the stock even trigger guard. Last one I did I had Williams bottom metal.
 
I always thought the original Winchester model 70 triggers were ideal and not difficult to adjust. You can adjust it to 2 pounds with zero creep and zero overtravel. Why change perfection?
 
Winchester's original Model 70 triggers were pretty good for weights 2.5 pounds and heavier. But they needed a tiny bit of creep to be repeatable and reliable. Too many folks have stoned the finger lever sear catch down too low to reliably hold the sear when the rifle's shot rapid fire (like I did; once!!!). This came quite obvious when the NRA high power rules dropped the 2.5-pound trigger weight rule for match rifles and folks tried to make their Model 70 triggers in the 1 to 2 pound range with minimal creep and they had "shock fires" slamming the bolt home in rapid fire matches.

The Jewel trigger's very reliable with such settings. Its parts tolerances are held to much smaller numbers and its repeatability with light pull weights with minimal creep far out performs the Winchester factory triggers. Arnold Jewell knew about all this stuff and made his triggers up to the task.

http://www.gun-tests.com/performance/jan97jewell.html
 
Thanks for answering my question, Bart. Since I prefer a trigger of at least 2 pounds and not more than 4 pounds, I have been very satisfied with the stock, pre-M.O.A., model 70 triggers. On the other hand, my Ruger M77-22 has too heavy of a trigger pull to give optimal results.
 
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