A New Generation of Factory Triggers. A better trigger will make you a better shooter Today there is no reason to put up with a cruddy trigger pull, a custom trigger in your old faithful rifle or buy one of these new- generation guns. Every serious rifle shooter knows that the three critical elements of a rifle’s accuracy are bore, bedding, and trigger.
I should show you a Remington 700 SPS tactical that belongs to a a freind of mine. He’s been using it and it’s AAC silencer pretty hard for about 2 years now, and.
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The only point where the shooter actually interfaces with the system is the trigger. No matter how “mechanically accurate” a rifle may be, if it has a stiff, crawly, inconsistent trigger pull, it’s not capable of consistently accurate shooting, even in the hands of a champion shooter. Nonetheless, for about the past 2. Oh, you could get a rifle with a really good trigger if you wanted one from a pricy custom- rifle maker or by installing one of the many precision trigger mechanisms available from aftermarket suppliers for most any popular rifle model. But get a reliably precise trigger on a store- bought gun? Forget it. Why? Simple answer: blame ourselves.
I’d like to blame the lawyers, but actually, they’re just feeding on the situation. When it became a national pastime for anyone acting stupid to sue the manufacturer of the product they used–from lawnmowers to Mc. Donald’s coffee–all manufacturers of all products had no recourse but to protect themselves by offering items ever- more- difficult to misuse, to the point that some shooters have wondered if gun makers really want us to even fire their guns. This situation is changing. We are in the middle of a trigger renaissance. It began about five years ago, when several of our leading sporting- rifle makers finally began to listen to the discontent about the overall quality of their triggers and started serious R& D programs to develop new- design trigger mechanisms that are user- adjustable, as clean and light as custom triggers, and also–dare I write–idiot- proof.
The first major introduction to appear from this movement was the revolutionary Savage Accu. Trigger, introduced in 2.
Its immediate success, and the following surge in Savage’s share of the bolt- action rifle market, was apparently the final motivation needed. In just the past 1. U. S. rifle manufacturers have also introduced or announced significantly new trigger mechanisms for their regular- production guns.
- So basically they took the Rem 700 5R, then: 1. Changed the barrel from a 24″ 5R to a funky, cool looking, but PITA to add muzzle devices to 26″ triangular.
- When I completed the firelapping of my Remington model 700 Police DM one of the major decisions made was to do something about the OEM trigger which released the sear.
- Remington model 700 300 RUM LH 26' rem ss/blued receiver lam stock 215 Berger @3070/180 NAB @3300 Remington model 700 338 RUM LH 26' Bartlein 5C #4 Muscle Brake.
- This is an article from Shooting Times magazine about the new and soom coming triggers for this shooting generation.
- Real Guns Article Archive Listing. Handloading the 300 Ultra Mag, the big guy, King Kong, the Big Kahuna.
- Ordered a Remington 700 STS Tactical with the new trigger and was disappointed with it. The pull was way too heavy and, when received, the screw was backed way out of.
All are intended to finally answer their customers’ long- standing complaints about trigger quality and, just incidentally, to win back some of the dollars that Savage has been taking from their pockets. They’re worth a quick look. Browning Feather Trigger.
The heart of Browning’s new X- Bolt rifle is the innovative, all- new Feather Trigger System. It’s a three- lever design that offers a crisp, clean pull with no take- up or creep and minimal overtravel.
The trigger is screw- adjustable from 3 to 5 pounds and is factory pre- set at approximately 3. An alloy trigger housing contains hard- chromed steel components that are highly polished on all critical surfaces.
Mechanically, the Feather Trigger is very similar to the new M. O. A. trigger also announced this year for the re- introduced Winchester Model 7. Both Browning and Winchester are owned by the same parent company (FNH), and the same engineers worked on the development of both new trigger systems. Make no mistake, the Feather Trigger and the M.
O. A. trigger are not interchangeable; all the components are different, although the concept behind their operation–a three- lever system–is the same. The Feather Trigger is an impressive bit of engineering, markedly superior in feel to the previous trigger on the predecessor A- Bolt rifles, which is one of the better factory triggers on the market, anyway. Browning has stated, “Unlike competitors’ triggers with secondary finger- piece levers, the Feather Trigger is designed right, feels right, and stays right, year after year.” That should give you some indication of how large a role the success of the Savage Accu. Trigger has played in other manufacturers’ thinking about trigger development. Marlin XL7 Pro- Fire Trigger System. Marlin’s brand- new Model XL7 bolt- action rifle features the innovative Pro- Fire trigger system, which is virtually creep- free and can be user- adjusted as low as a crisp 2. The trigger design features what Marlin calls a Pro- Fire Trigger Release incorporated into the trigger itself.
The release prevents movement of the trigger until it is depressed and serves as a safety against the trigger being accidentally jarred off. Anyone looking at the Pro- Fire system will be immediately struck by the visual similarity of the trigger release to the Savage Accu.
Trigger system, but the two- lever–trigger and sear–Pro- Fire mechanism is an independent Marlin in- house development, and its internal mechanics are completely different from the Accu. Trigger design. In operation, when the shooter’s trigger finger naturally depresses the very slight movement of the trigger release, it moves free of a blocking pin inside the trigger housing, freeing the upper portion of the trigger itself to rotate forward on its pivot and release the sear.
It’s crisp, clean, light, and very safe. I particularly like the fact that the trigger- pull adjustment screw–which requires removal of the action from the stock for access–features a lock nut to eliminate any shift of the screw once set.
Remington X- Mark Pro. Remington’s totally new X- Mark Pro Model 7. Model Seven trigger system with integrated safety mechanism was introduced in 2. R& D by Remington’s engineers. And if you’re an old hand with Remington rifles, you probably won’t believe this until you actually pull one: It breaks like glass and has virtually zero creep. Remington has stated that while other new trigger systems use “gadgets and add- ons to hide inconsistencies,” its approach was to re- engineer its conventional trigger design by applying state- of- the- art modern manufacturing techniques, with the tightest possible production tolerances. From the box, the mirror- like finish on its internal components offers as much as a 4.
Model 7. 00 trigger design. It’s one of the most crisp breaks I’ve ever felt on any rifle. It is also 1. 00 percent adjustable for pull weight “by a qualified gunsmith,” according to Remington. The X- Mark Pro is standard equipment for this year on select Model 7. Model Seven rifles and will doubtless be extended throughout both lines in coming seasons, but the most important fact about the new trigger system may be this: It is completely retro- fittable into any existing Model 7. Model Seven rifle, right- hand or left- hand, all the way back to their original year of introduction. Remington won’t sell the X- Mark Pro as an accessory to ordinary customers, but it will be available to certified gunsmiths, and Remington officially recommends you send your rifle to an authorized Remington service location.
A nationwide list is available on the Remington website. I’m going to put the new system into just about every Model 7. Model Seven I own; and I own a lot of them.
Ruger LC6. Ruger’s non- adjustable new LC6 trigger for its Model 7. Remington’s approach in that it is not a completely new design but rather a refined re- engineering of the traditional Model 7. Much more crisp and creep- free than any previous Ruger trigger, the LC6 weighs in at a clean 5 pounds and is a product of new manufacturing techniques made possible by Ruger’s ongoing factory improvements. A redesign of some of the internal components results in changed interface angles, so the trigger and sear surfaces mate with less friction. Plus, the grind on the mating surfaces is now done in a different direction. The machining used to be across the surfaces that mated, whereas now it is in the direction of movement. The result is the best trigger Ruger has ever produced, and it is already making many gunsmiths weep for their loss of business in doing trigger jobs on Ruger Model 7.
Savage Accu. Trigger. The Savage Arms Accu. Trigger forever changed shooters’ expectation for commercial store- bought rifle triggers. It is absolutely crisp and creep- free. It is easily user- adjustable. And it is absolutely safe. It won’t fire, even at its lightest setting, even with the manual safety disengaged, no matter how hard it is bumped or slammed, even if you throw it from the top of a 2.
Savage Arms CEO Ron Coburn did to prove it worked before authorizing its production. The Accu. Trigger is designed with an integrated Accu. Release, which must be completely depressed or the rifle cannot fire. While pulling the trigger, the Accu. Release is intentionally depressed, which unblocks the sear and allows the rifle to discharge.
Adjustment of the Accu. Trigger is easy. Simply remove the stock and rotate the adjustment spring with the tool supplied with the rifle. The Accu. Trigger has a single adjustment location and is designed so it cannot be adjusted below the minimum setting. In centerfire hunting models, muzzleloaders, the Model 4.
Varmint Hunter, and most rimfire models, the Accu. Trigger is adjustable from approximately 2. In the 1. 2 Series Varmint, new Target, and Law Enforcement Series, the Accu. Trigger is adjustable from approximately 1.
Winchester M. O. A. Winchester’s re- introduction this year of the classic “Pre- 6. Model 7. 0 rifle is headlined by a completely new M. O. A. trigger system, which Winchester modestly has claimed is “the most precise three- lever trigger system ever offered to sportsmen.” Operating on a simple pivoting- lever principle, the trigger mechanism has been completely redesigned to exhibit absolutely zero take- up, virtually zero creep, and perceptibly zero overtravel. The pull weight is user- adjustable from 3 to 5 pounds and is factory- set at 3. But because of the smooth wider- than- typical trigger surface and 2: 1 mechanical advantage created by the design geometry, it feels substantially less.