Remington 700 trigger job

[je25ff]

I have a custom made gun, but the action and trigger are factory. Does anyone think it's worth it to either lighten the trigger pull or replace the factory one?

 

[Dave @ Villen Tactical]

I have lightened them myself, paid others to do it, and replaced mine with after market triggers. Unless you know how to do it right, avoid doing it yourself. How light do you want to lighten it?

Dave

 

[je25ff]

I have lightened them myself, paid others to do it, and replaced mine with after market triggers. Unless you know how to do it right, avoid doing it yourself. How light do you want to lighten it?

Dave

I suppose I'm not really sure how much I want to lighten it, but it certainly isn't the lightest trigger out of the rifles I have. I have read that people can royally screw up their trigger if they try to do it themselves too.

 

[Supermoto]

The trigger is pretty easy to adjust and easy to put back to stock. . If I remember correctly from mine, there is 3 screws, over travel, pre travel and engagement. Work the settings until you have a pull you like. One way to test if the engagement is safe is to bang the butt of the stock on the ground with the safety off. If the hammer drops you don't have enough engagement. If the hammer would re-engage, you have too little over travel

You should be able to find directions online

 

[Mattitude]

The X-Pro trigger are adjustable to some extent but some of the older triggers are not that are on hunting rifles and some are on the tactical rifles. I recently installed a Timney in my Rem700 build as the X-Pro just wasn't cutting it. The Timney is easier to set up and has a much better overall feel to it. I got it from Midway for 120.00 I believe.

 

[johnN]

The X-Pro trigger are adjustable to some extent but some of the older triggers are not that are on hunting rifles and some are on the tactical rifles. I recently installed a Timney in my Rem700 build as the X-Pro just wasn't cutting it. The Timney is easier to set up and has a much better overall feel to it. I got it from Midway for 120.00 I believe.

this, i had a x mark pro backed off all the way, stoned 10/22 trigger was better. put a timney 510 in at 2.5lb and have not looked back.

 

[Broc Tuah]

I have a custom made gun, but the action and trigger are factory. Does anyone think it's worth it to either lighten the trigger pull or replace the factory one?

Lighten the trigger. I founda video online and did it.

Just be careful, I got it so light that i would close the bolt and it would fire.

you cant screw it up.

Here is a video: (not the best, but the first one I found)

 

[*chris*]

Do you have the new x-mark pro trigger? I tried to lighten the trigger, and while it was easy to lighten to 2.5 pounds or so, it was very inconsistent varying almost a half a pound. I think to make this trigger lighter the surfaces need to be smoothed. After screwing around with it for a few hours, I ordered a Rifle Basix ERV-3 K trigger that consistently breaks at 10 ounces or so.

Chris

 

[Moderator]

I just installed a Rifle Basix LV-1 in my 40-XB and I am pleasantly impressed. I have her breaking at about 1¼ lbs. Feels much better then the factory 40-X trigger and only hit me $110. Money well spent!

 

[That Guy]

Do you use your 700 for hunting or just target? I have a 700BDL in 30-06 and apart from the scope I've never adjusted anything on it. Am I the only one who kind of likes the heavier trigger for hunting? I like to be able to put a little pressure on it when I'm setting up for my shot.

 

[je25ff]

Naw, don't hunt. Just target shoot. It just seems like the 700 factory trigger is heavier than my other rifles. I might check out the Rifle Basix LV-1 if you recommend it.

 

[That Guy]

That makes sense - I can see how for target the lightest trigger you can get is probably best.