Rem 870 trigger job

Had one done long ago. Took a lb or so off and cleaned it up.

Most 870 triggers are OK. Factory specs are between 3.5 and 6 lbs, and I've seen few 6 lb pulls.

My regular shooters run 4 lbs or less. The 20 gauge YE I got for the kids runs close to 5.

Crispness is as important as weight. A clean break is crucial to get that shot off at the exact millisecond needed.
 
I either do myself or have done by my gunsmith, trigger jobs on all of my rifles and handguns. I like a light 2.5 pound trigger with hardly any creep. It can be difficult being used to shooting good triggers and then pick up my 870 and have to get accustomed to it's trigger all over again. I want a more even across the board playing field.:)
 
Mossy 500 trigger job

Does any one know if it is possible to get a trigger job for my mossy 500 slug gun. The trigger sucks.
Rem1187
 
i sent off my trigger to that ebay guy last week,.. i am waiting for it to come back.. will post results when i get her home..
 
Interesting to think of a trigger job on a shotgun

I've never thought of having a trigger job on a shot gun. luckly my 870 shoots really nice as is, but its an old model and probably built a little better than today's.

With the number of round you put through a shotgun it would seem that it would naturally work itself out? Is this true?

Also i would think a 2lb pull would be a little light for sitting in a duck blind or standing in a marsh during the fall / winter bird season. You don't need MOA to hit a duck more like yard of Accuracy.

Might be different if your shooting slugs i suppose.

anyone have thoughts? or comments?
 
Some "Experts" say that 3.5 lbs is the floor for field guns. Sounds OK to me. My GM has a 4 lb trigger, my Model 94 has a 4 lb trigger, a couple revolvers here have 4 lb triggers SA.

I do have a couple guns with much lighter triggers, but they are not used in moving situations or crowds.

A note, those who do not think a clean light trigger is important on a shotgun go try the trigger on a couple Local Legends' pets. With their permission, of course. Bet the usual flagon of mead they're light and clean.
 
Yes my 870 is a slug only shooter and there are occasions when I have the opportunity to shoot 125 yards with it. My trigger is not horrible but is not good either - I need to make it better. Other than sighting in every year and shooting a couple of deer, that is all the use my 870 gets, so it would take 40 years for the action to smooth itself out unless I just wanted to set around every night cycling everything a few hundred times.
 
I haven't measured the pull weight, but all shotgun triggers should be as precise & crisp as the stage 3 trigger on the old SX-1 I bought. Now I'm spoiled - spoiled, spoiled, spoiled.

If nothing else a well designed clean trigger is consistent. Some of the creepy ones I've measured vary nearly a half-pound from shot to shot.

John
 
i couldn't recomend a trigger job for a shotgun, kinda like sharpening a club.
well, maybe for a rifled slug gun, still sounds like a bad idea.:confused:
 
i couldn't recomend a trigger job for a shotgun, kinda like sharpening a club.
well, maybe for a rifled slug gun, still sounds like a bad idea.
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Why would it be different from one gun to another. A fine trigger is a fine trigger... once you get use to them it's hard not to have one. :cool:
 
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