700 Rem. trigger Adjustment

[burch]

After adjusting the trigger on my Rem. 700 I got it down to a nice 3lbs. Trouble is now I have some travel and a little grit to it. Is there any way to get the gritty feel out of it. I can deal with the travel, it`s not too bad.

Burch

P.S.
New guy to the forum and thanks :smile:

[Quarterbore]

I assume you adjusted it according to the directions here:

http://www.quarterbore.com/library/articles/rem700trigger.html

With some newer Remingtons the trigger spring is just too stiff and there is really no choice but to get a new trigger. If it is gritty, then you may need to hone the sear engagements but this is pretty advanced stuff that I have never tried to do myself.

Good Luck!
Ken

[burch]

Yes, I used that info and got what I wanted with a lighter trigger. I`d love to find out how to disassemble the trigger housing and try to work out the bugs. If i`m going to have to replace it, it won`t matter if I screw up or not but at least i`ll get some experience with it and I can share it with you. Can you think of anywhere I can get a more indepth look at this ?
Burch

[Quarterbore]

Not that I have ever seen. I have a spare trigger somewhere and if I ever get time I might just pull the pins and see if I can figure it out but I am just way too busy these days and I am not even sure where that trigger is anymore.

Sorry, but good luck!

[burch]

Not that I have ever seen. I have a spare trigger somewhere and if I ever get time I might just pull the pins and see if I can figure it out but I am just way too busy these days and I am not even sure where that trigger is anymore.

Sorry, but good luck!

Using my trigger gauge i`m getting between 2 1/2 - 3 lbs. After the hunting season is over i`m going to buy a better trigger and try to fix this one. I don`t want fool with until I have another one. I`ll run a post on it and give the info to the forum, good or bad. I`ve done some polishing on my six guns but that horse of a different color.

Burch :uzi2:

[Quarterbore]

Using my trigger gauge i`m getting between 2 1/2 - 3 lbs. After the hunting season is over i`m going to buy a better trigger and try to fix this one. I don`t want fool with until I have another one. I`ll run a post on it and give the info to the forum, good or bad. I`ve done some polishing on my six guns but that horse of a different color.

Burch :uzi2:

2.5 to 3-lbs sounds as light as I would recommend for a deer gun so it may pay to find a smith that can polish the engagement but a Jewell trigger will always be a better trigger.

I have all standard Rem triggers in my guns but the Kac 2-stage trigger in my AR-10T is actually crisper then any of my Rem 700 triggers! A good trigger spoils a person!

Good Luck!

[Cut & Shoot]

Polishing sear engagements --

fine, fine Arkansas stone and you MUST keep all the geometry on the sear surfaces as milled. You polish the surfaces and "smooth" the edges. But you need good light, a deft hand and a 10x jeweler's loupe.

Remington web site will tell you to leave the trigger alone. It's "factory adjusted."

Whatever they pay their attorneys, it's too much. :grin:

The other isssue with the Rem. 700 is too much free bore between the ogive on the bullet and the engagement on the lands in he barrel.

We fixed all that on a Rem. 700 PSS. Set back the chamber, opened it to .223 Ackley. Then installed a Jewell trigger, and got that down to about 6 oz.

4 - 14X 50mm Springfield rangefinder scope and with some precision loads I was whacking AA Large eggs at 300 yds. -- off a bench.

But all that stuff gets really, really over the top.

You'd be happier with an old Mauser and some surplus, corrosive 8mm ammo from WW II.

-- I know I am. :grin: