Posted: 6/6/2015 8:42:39 PM EDT
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I just bought an entry level 700 BDL in 7mm mag as an elk rifle. I'm in the process of free floating the barrel and bedding the action. I just can't get past the trigger, which is BAD. My first option was to adjust the trigger using the supied three screws. But they are loctited like a boss and WILL NOT MOVE despite heating, oiling and cursing.
I want to relace the factory non adjustable trigger with the Pro x trigger offered by Remington. The trigger packs are available on eBay for 50-60 bucks, which is in line with the budget build mentality of the rifle. Are these triggers drop in on all 700's? Thanks. |
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Quoted: I just bought an entry level 700 BDL in 7mm mag as an elk rifle. I'm in the process of free floating the barrel and bedding the action. I just can't get past the trigger, which is BAD. My first option was to adjust the trigger using the supied three screws. But they are loctited like a boss and WILL NOT MOVE despite heating, oiling and cursing. I want to relace the factory non adjustable trigger with the Pro x trigger offered by Remington. The trigger packs are available on eBay for 50-60 bucks, which is in line with the budget build mentality of the rifle. Are these triggers drop in on all 700's? Thanks. |
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I would recommend snagging a Timney or a Jewell. Used Timneys are not terribly expensive, they are rugged and quite good. I wouldn't put another Remington trigger in it unless it was the 40x. Jewell's are out of the question. I just don't have $190 to drop on a trigger for a rifle that only needs to shoot minute of elk heart. Ditto on the Timney. |
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Jewell's are out of the question. I just don't have $190 to drop on a trigger for a rifle that only needs to shoot minute of elk heart. Ditto on the Timney. Quoted:
I would recommend snagging a Timney or a Jewell. Used Timneys are not terribly expensive, they are rugged and quite good. I wouldn't put another Remington trigger in it unless it was the 40x. Jewell's are out of the question. I just don't have $190 to drop on a trigger for a rifle that only needs to shoot minute of elk heart. Ditto on the Timney. Dump that Remington trigger like a bad habit and get a Timney. |
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Yea that adjustable trigger is junk. I had one on my 700 and the pull was all over the place. It would be 3.5 lbs one pull, then after 4 or 5 pulls be up to almost 6lbs. It always started creeping back up to around 5.5 after I adjusted it.
If you can find a smith that's good with Remington triggers they could adjust the one you had, and make it pretty nice, and shouldn't cost too much. That's what I did with mine. Now its set at 3.5lbs, no overtravel and a very clean nice break. I still want to get a timney at some point, but I'm happy with this trigger until I can get another. |
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I would recommend snagging a Timney or a Jewell. Used Timneys are not terribly expensive, they are rugged and quite good. I wouldn't put another Remington trigger in it unless it was the 40x. Quoted:
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I just bought an entry level 700 BDL in 7mm mag as an elk rifle. I'm in the process of free floating the barrel and bedding the action. I just can't get past the trigger, which is BAD. My first option was to adjust the trigger using the supied three screws. But they are loctited like a boss and WILL NOT MOVE despite heating, oiling and cursing. I want to relace the factory non adjustable trigger with the Pro x trigger offered by Remington. The trigger packs are available on eBay for 50-60 bucks, which is in line with the budget build mentality of the rifle. Are these triggers drop in on all 700's? Thanks. got a brand new timney 510 for $105 shipped a few years back. wayyyyyyyyyy better than the x mark BS |
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I would have to steer you away from the Pro X. Mine would not adjust under 4lbs, even with the adjustment screw pulled all the way out. The adjustment screw sticks out of the front tigger face and hits your finger which is incredibly stupid and annoying. The trigger face is also too smooth and my trigger finger would want to slide up the trigger.
I bought a Timney and love it, it's perfect and was easy to adjust. |
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A competent smith can adjust the trigger for you, but by the time you are done paying for that you could buy a quality after market unit. There are quite a few options in the market with Jewell and Timney offerings that are affordable when comparing their cost to that of a smith re-working your factory trigger. I ordered a Huber for my AI build a few weeks back because I just cant get the X Mark Pro to my liking. Im planning on taking my X Mark trigger to a smith and seeing what he can do with it and move it over to my hunting rifle if he can tweak it at all. |
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I would have to steer you away from the Pro X. Mine would not adjust under 4lbs, even with the adjustment screw pulled all the way out. The adjustment screw sticks out of the front tigger face and hits your finger which is incredibly stupid and annoying. The trigger face is also too smooth and my trigger finger would want to slide up the trigger. I bought a Timney and love it, it's perfect and was easy to adjust. This. My XCR II .270 came with the X Mark Pro Trigger, and it was quite possibly the worst trigger I have ever had in a hunting rifle, maybe any firearm. Breaks nor pull weights were consistent; tons of lateral movement; and it literally locked up on me during the first range trip. Trigger wouldn't move and thus wouldn't fire. Two weeks later Remington issued the recall notice stating that an adhesive (f*ucking glue) used in the installation process was defective. I tossed that thing and bought a Timney. World of difference. It's now close to 1moa and I haven't even free floated it. Not knocking your choices though, you may have gotten a good one. |
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Things like sear preload vary from rifle to rifle and a setting that was safe on one may not be on another, or it could result in a worse trigger pull. Every one of them is a little different, and you really can't just have a set formula for turning the adjustment screws to make it work. |
| Ok, so if I really want to move it over I probably need to take it and the rifle to the smith. Its an old 700 ADL (Kmart circa early 2k's) that I bought to hunt deer and elk with. The trigger really is awful. Awful to the point where an X Mark Pro is a huge upgrade! |
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If he's worth his salt, the trigger that's on it is nicer to work on than the X Mark. It may just need to be cleaned real well.
The X Mark doesn't really work any differently, at all, than the Walker trigger, save for the retarded screw in the trigger blade that does nothing and the sear bar and trigger being one piece. I can get a nicer trigger out of the original triggers, usually. |
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If he's worth his salt, the trigger that's on it is nicer to work on than the X Mark. It may just need to be cleaned real well. The X Mark doesn't really work any differently, at all, than the Walker trigger, save for the retarded screw in the trigger blade that does nothing and the sear bar and trigger being one piece. I can get a nicer trigger out of the original triggers, usually. I had one break where the retarded screw in the trigger blade was. Complete piece of dog squeeze. Timney, worth the $ period. |
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I had one break where the retarded screw in the trigger blade was. Complete piece of dog squeeze. Timney, worth the $ period. Quoted:
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If he's worth his salt, the trigger that's on it is nicer to work on than the X Mark. It may just need to be cleaned real well. The X Mark doesn't really work any differently, at all, than the Walker trigger, save for the retarded screw in the trigger blade that does nothing and the sear bar and trigger being one piece. I can get a nicer trigger out of the original triggers, usually. I had one break where the retarded screw in the trigger blade was. Complete piece of dog squeeze. Timney, worth the $ period. Yeah, I bumped one against my bench and same thing. MIM has weird stresses in it. |