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Alex49

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Ok, you guys are gonna get tired of giving me advise... well just tell me to soak my head if ya do.

My Remington 700 PSS came with a fairly heavy trigger, I had read some posts about the danger of lightening a 700 trigger so what is best, an aftermarket upgrade?

Have a Leupold 6.5-20 on order, it has AO, target knobs, and a something called EFR. The girl taking my order at SWFA tried to explain something about airgun recoil ???

I have looked through a similar scope made by L set at 6.5 through the dealers window into the parking lot, didn't seem like I would be greatly over powered at moderate range. Since then I have read Plaster that in his opinion over 12x was wasted, subject to mirage, ect.

Comments appreciated.
 
Airgun recoil

The recoil from an air rifle does indeed differ than that of a regular rifle.

The movement of the spring in an air rifle gives what is called a push/pull type of recoil. This backward/forward movement places strain on a scope in a much different way. The glass in a scope for a regular rifle is braced for backward movement only. Conversely, a scope designed for a air rifle has its glass braced for both backward and forward movement. Believe me, when I got my first air rifle and mounted a redfield scope on it, I soon realized that my reticle was starting to really shift around. Turns out the glass had become loose from the forward recoil of my air rifle. After some research, I ordered a scope specifically for an air rifle and my problem was solved. Most scope manufacturers make air gun specific scopes.

Hope this helps clear up what the girl at SWFA was trying to say. :D

kgs.
 
There's no problem with adjusting modern Rem. 700 triggers. Just don't get the creep adjustment too "tight".

One of the advantages of Rems over some of their competitors is that Rem offers a fully-adjustable trigger.

Just do safety checks when the adjusting is done. Ram the bolt home smartly several times, with the safety on and off. With the safety on, pull the trigger hard, then release the safety. The rifle shouldn't fire. Bang the action with a rubber hammer.

Timney offers an inexpensive, reliable trigger that utilizes locknuts on the adjustment screws. Even with an aftermarket trigger, however, you need to do all the safety checks.

A PSS with a 6# trigger is just a heavy plinker.
 
I tried to adjust the trigger on my new LTR and could not get it to my liking , it felt like there was gravel in it . I flushed it out with brake cleaner and got some small shavings out of it but it was still terrible . I replaced mine with a Jewel HVR and it is awesome . They are expensive but nobody else comes close . I have adjusted model 700 triggers in the past and never had a problem , this one must have been built on a Friday just before quiting time . I put a 3.5 x 10 Leupold on my rifle and dont think I would want any more power . If you are able to make some 300+ yard shots the extra power would be nice for groundhogs , etc. Good luck , Mike...
 
Mike, you must have got a bad one. I bought an LTR a month ago and the trigger is awesome. Breaks like the proverbial glass rod. Everyone that fires it looks up with a silly grin on their face after trying the trigger. Of course, I've never tried a Jewel.....

Alex49, I just put a Leupold 4.5-14x14 AO on the LTR. Great combo. I don't have very good vision in my right eye and felt like I needed a bit more power than the 3.5x10.
 
I agree on getting the bad one . I have never had trouble with their triggers before . I have had a lot of little problems with Remington guns in the last few years [mainly shotguns], but when they are working they are great . Good luck , Mike...
 
My thoughts are that you've got a high dollar rifle, why mess around with a POS factory trigger when you can get a Timney trigger for $50-70 dollars. I love mine and it came from the factory with a 3 1/2# pull. I've heard it's really the same trigger as the Remington, just made to closer tolerences and with realistic expectations of it's use pull weight wise.

If memory serves they offer 2 triggers the first only adjust up to 3# and the other from 3# to 6# or something like that. Ones for big game hunting the lighter one for benchrest or varminting. Like I said do what you want, but I am very happy with the Timney.

Good luck, Blue Duck
 
Give any decent gunsmith a few secs with it an your trigger should be fine. If not, Remington should take care of a "gravel" problem. Way too much crap going around about triggers these days. Let me get off my box right now!
 
I went with the Leupold 6.5-20x50mm LRT.

I bought the Long Range Tactical for my Rem 700 VS. I adjusted the trigger myself and just slammed the bolt home several times, manipulated the safety in a forcefull fasion, used generous force to rap the butt on a cement floor, and then hit the side of the action with a hammer. It never fired and I have been very pleased with the trigger job and gun results.
 
Another advantage of the Timney is that if you decide to sell the rifle or ever have to return it to Remington for repair, your going to have a lot less problems with the aftermarket trigger than a "broken seal" 700.

Just a thought, Blue Duck
 
I use the factory trigger on all my model 700's.

Each is disassembled and cleaned, then re-assembled and adjusted using nothing more than the factory provided adjustment screws.

All triggers are set at 2.0 pounds let off, no creap, no overtravel. Several older ones have held this adjustment thru the time it takes to wear out a barrel.

There is not a single thing wrong with the factory trigger except for people who expect the factory to have it perfectly adjusted out of the box.
 
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