Old Rem 700 trigger problem .

I had a rifle built for my grandson on a Remington 700 short action. This was one of the newer actions that had a 7# trigger. I sent the trigger off to Neil Jones and had it reworked and set to 3#. That trigger breaks like and old Jewell would now.
I am also quite familiar with the walker trigger problems of accidentally discharging when the safety is moved to the fire position to remove a round from the chamber. Not wanting this possibility, I had the Gentry conversion done. Gentry makes a new shroud and converts it to a Model 70 Winchester three position safety which enables you to mechanically block the firing pin when removing a live round from the chamber.
But I would like to add how I was taught 60 years ago about gun safety. I don't want to rely on the safety to work flawlessly. It's a mechanical device and it can experience a failure at any point in time. On this basis I don't carry a gun with a round in the chamber. You have plenty of time to put a round in the chamber when you are ready to shoot. If you don't have time to do it, then more than likely it isn't a good shot and it should not be taken.
My dad and uncle were guides and that was there rule. When hunting wether they were walking, riding horses, or driving a vehicle,they were in the front and they didn't want any one behind them with loaded guns and rely on a safety, think about it would you? A lot of unsafe things can happen if a hunter stumbles or falls There are times when you will get ready to shoot and decided not to. You now will want to remove the cartridge from the chamber, be sure you have the muzzle pointed in a safe direction before you change position on any safety, to remove the cartridge from the chamber.
Handling a gun safely is the first rule.
 
Kentucky Rifleman- I've seen the stuff on the net as far as adjusting the screws, etc but if you have good photos and it isn't too much trouble. I'd like to see photos- I'm sure others would as well.
Lucas: My dad was about the smartest guy I ever knew and was qualitied as expert rifleman back during WWII and he always wanted me carrying a rifle with rounds in the magazne but not the chamber. I never lost a game animal because of it but some how, over the years, I started relying on the safety while walking around, etc. We got started on this whole safety business because of the connector on the Walker but when you think about the small engagement on the sear even with a Timney, or think of the sear engagement on many side by side shotguns, etc. It's a wake up call IMHO. I have therefore gone back to how I was taught my someone a lot smarter than myself. Carry with no round in the chamber, once your are in a tree stand, or start calling predators, or in a duck blind, etc- then chamber and put on the safety.
When you move, whether turkeys, predators, or walk out of the deer woods or leave the duck blind, unchamber with the muzzle in a safe direction. There is too much angst about not missing a game animal.
 
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