I recently acquired a slightly used Marlin 922-M 22 mag, clip fed. After a thorough cleaning, this old girl will put 5 rounds under an inch at 50 Yds. from a rest. Not terrible, but I think she can do better.
The trigger pull is around 7.3 Lbs, gritty, with lots of over travel, and changes as much as a pound, shot to shot. It's getting in the way of better groups.
What can be done to improve the trigger? The magazine safety seems to add a lot of weight to the pull as well as the hammer spring. Although the action, seems to me, to be patterned after the M-60, Fixes made for the '60 won't work well on the 922, too many added parts and points of movement.
I'm not necessarily looking for a 2 Lb target trigger, what I want is a positive, repeteable, creep free, 3.5 to 4.0 Lb release with no over travel.
Will some of you guru's take me to school?
Thanks, Paul
The trigger pull is around 7.3 Lbs, gritty, with lots of over travel, and changes as much as a pound, shot to shot. It's getting in the way of better groups.
What can be done to improve the trigger? The magazine safety seems to add a lot of weight to the pull as well as the hammer spring. Although the action, seems to me, to be patterned after the M-60, Fixes made for the '60 won't work well on the 922, too many added parts and points of movement.
I'm not necessarily looking for a 2 Lb target trigger, what I want is a positive, repeteable, creep free, 3.5 to 4.0 Lb release with no over travel.
Will some of you guru's take me to school?
Thanks, Paul