Smoothing the Remington 700 trigger

First, I don't think that Blob posted on the wrong forum. He wanted the opinions of those who know about adjusting triggers, and he has received those opinions.

Adjusting a Remingon trigger via internet instructions: the instructions are certainly there. I chose to take my Remington to the Smith for trigger adjustment anyway. I did this because:

1. I don't know the gentleman who drafted the instructions. He probably knows his stuff, but then again, he could be wrong. Even worse, I don't know what is going on even while following the instructions; I'm not real clear about the interaction between the three screws. I'd just as soon have a Smith who knows his stuff do the adjusting!

2. I was only charged about $50.00 for the adjustment, which seems like a very reasonable price to pay to a Smith who actually knows what he is doing, and who will do it safely.

My Smith made the same comment as Countryboy: he was unwilling to adjust the trigger to less than 3 pounds, which was fine by me for a hunting rifle.
 
Good custom gun maker

:) Thanks for all the info on the 700 trigger. I have looked over the data and see where it is a lot easier than some I have worked over. But I am in touch with a custom gun maker and going to get his imput. he usually will adjust one for about $20.00. I see where it would be easy to do and right now I have almost 8 LBs of pull. Want it down around 5 or so and polish all moving parts. Good info, thanks. My hardest trigger to get down was a 7.7 Jap. It took awhile to get it from 11 to 4.5. But at 4.5 it would go off if bumped real hard on the butt. So had to raise it back to 6 and it works real good.
To Camp dog on the private message I understand about the deep spiritual problem with those that call you a lier on a public forum. Thanks for the kind words as you know me and how I try to help everyone I can.
Thanks
 
thanks cntry boy 1289

:) Hey thanks for the info on the rplaceable parts for the 700 trigger. May be the way to go. Thanks again!:cool:
 
Hey Rivers

:) Hey rivers you make a real good point about the Remington 700 trigger being adjusted by bench shooters every day. Some people because they can't do some things, become frustrated and believe that no one should do it. I agree if you aren't sure then don't do it. And also notice how the remarks become off the wall like: "trying to get a 700 trigger to act like a $200.00 replaccement"? I know what I can do and not do, no my limitations but do alot of simple things that others say can't be done or shouldn't be done. Anyway enough on this and thanks again. Will have it fixed by tomorrow one way or another.:cool:
 
trigger soon to be worked

:) :) Just a finishing note to the thread. I called John Kammerdeiner at Kammerdeiner Custom Guns. He builds some fine rifles including Marine sniper rifles and has retired snipers try them out. He told me that he could fix the Remington 700 trigger for as low a pull that I wanted for around $30.00. So guesss where my rifle will be tomorrow? Thanks all and good shooting!
 
Fremmer, it was originally in the handloading and reloading forum, which was the wrong forum. And blob, my only beef is if you are the one that posted the threads in the links I gave. If you aren't then I have no problem.
 
Finished trigger adjustment

:) :) Well I decided to go ahead and adjust the trigger on my Rem 700. After reading the directions it was quite simple and wasn't near as hard as some I have worked on. First thing I did was check the stock trigger pull and it was a shade under 8 LBS.Then I read the directions several times through and highlited the areas showing adjustments of the screws. Then I made sure I had the proper screw driver which was in my set of Chapman gun screw drivers set. This is a must as the screws are small and are sealed with sealer. I took the stock off and removed the bolt. I cleaned all the sealer off and the screws were easy to move. I followed the directions and set the pull at 4 LBS. Then I tried all the safety guides and everything worked real well. Now all I have to do is to get some sealer tomorrow and seal the screws real good.
It was easy to follow and it came out safe and sound and I saved $30.00 for the gun smith to do the same thing I did. If anyone doesn't understand the directions you might not want to do it but anyone who has worked on rifles and is very responisble won't have any problem at all. All Remington did was adjust the spring tension and the over travel down until it was set at 8 LBS. I like a 3 1/2-4 lb pull and it came in fine. Could have went lower but left it at 4 lb.
 
tested well

yeah the trigger has been tested real good. I have redone triggers before and this one is about the easiest to set and still be safe. Same procedure the smith uses unless someone want's a real light (ounces) pull then he addes some things. But this is just simply adjusting for a lighter pull from 8 down to 4.
 
You should be fine there

The problem comes in when folks try to adjust the trigger to where it has very little engagement on the sear and the pull weight is down below 3 lbs. You should be fine where you are at. I might add that although what you did is very, very easy, the trick comes in when you are trying to get the pull as low as it can go.

I use a Bold Optima trigger a good bit of the time and with it, the trigger can be adjusted down just like the model 700 is. It is simply a better trigger that won't jar off as easily as the model 700 trigger does because it has better parts in it like the ones I suggested to you. If you want to go lower with it, I would suggest looking into changing them out.
 
An old thread...but FWIW, Jewell in my Remmy is set at 4oz. It's a bench gun and no way would I actually walk around with a trigger set at 4oz, but for that 4oz it's as safe as it's going to get. The Jewell very nicely solves the problems and arguments. Sure, it costs more than a few pennies, but what's a human life worth? -Rod-
 
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