Adjusting my trigger.

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I have an older (1977) Remington ADL 22-250 and the trigger must be set on the heavy side because it takes a good deal of pressure to fire. I spoke to a gunsmith about adjusting it. He said it could probably be taken down to 2.5 -3 pounds safely, depending upon the internal components. The fee would be $50 and the lead time would be around 6 weeks.

The impression that I got was that I drop the rifle off and they'll call when it's ready.

So.... I don't care to be without my hobby for six weeks and would like to do this myself. Could/would someone give me their opinion on the procedure outlined by Paul "Pablito" Coburn for adjusting 700 trigger. This article is for adjusting the older style 700 trigger or am I mistaken?

If someone has a proven/safe procedure that is superior to Mr. Coburn's, I would be interested in reading about it.

TIA.
 
Good news/bad news.......

I know how to hone and re-spring rem triggers. On occasion, you can find a standard Rem trigger that can be adjusted very low to say 1 1/2 lbs, but they are rare and I don't know how safe they may be.

I would urge you to buy a Shelin hunting trigger than can be adjusted down to 1 1/2 lbs or a 2 oz trigger.

I use 2 oz triggers on all my varmint rigs with the exception of the coyote rigs and have never had a problem with any of them.

I think that you are throwing away good money to get that gunsmith to "adjust" your trigger.

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Replace the factory trigger with a rifle basics or some of the other replacements. Those factory triggers are hard to get right especially if you want a good trigger pull. Their triggers are lawyer proofed.
 
This guy must be really busy, and/or put a high value on a few minutes of effort. The older Remington triggers can usually be adjusted down to a 3 lb clean pull without too much difficulty. If you feel qualified to drive out a couple pins and follow directions to produce a safe trigger go for an aftermarket trigger and do it yourself. Otherwise have someone install a Rifle Basix or other aftermarket trigger for you.
 
A 700 Remington factory trigger can be adjusted to give a pretty good pull and for a hunter, it is a lot less expensive to adjust it than to buy a new trigger. I part time gunsmith for a large company and do a lot of 700 trigger jobs - the retail price is about $40-60 depending on the time and difficulty it takes to do the job. If the quoted time to deliver from a smith is 6 weeks, then he is pretty busy and is charging more to discourage any work that's less than high profit.

Regarding the price differential of $40-60 - some Remington triggers can be adjusted as they come in, and others need to have the trigger return spring replaced with one of lighter spring rate. You won't know you have a problem until you can't get the pull within the limits that you want. Sure, you can pull out and measure the return spring wire diameter and then immediately replace it, but by then, you are already at your high end price.

Anybody with good mechanical skills can adjust this trigger, but the adjustments are somewhat dependant upon each other, so some time is required to find the best balance between sear engagement, pull weight and overtravel. If you have a lot of time instead of money, just keep fiddling with everything until it's right. Make sure that the safety function is not compromised after all the screw turning and that the sear engagement won't allow a jar off. Then use a screw sealer (not red locite, please) to keep things where you set them.

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Thank you, for the replies everyone.

I don't want to put a lot of money into this rifle because of the sporter barrel. I will keep this rifle as is because of the condition it's in. The trigger is a bear though and is causing me to lose target acquisition while waiting for it to fire

This is my first rifle and I don't even reload yet. After having purchased a new scope for it, adjusting this beast of a trigger seemed like a logical next step. Especially, now that I can see my targets clearly.

Thanks, again for the info. I'm gonna give it a shot at adjusting myself. I'll probably leave the sear alone for the first go around and see how everything shakes loose.
 
Az. And we are all confused out here. Why else would we jog, bicycle, and shoot in 110+ heat?

I only do the shooting part... Maybe I'm less confused than others. :confused:
 
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