Rem. Xmark Trigger?
I've adjusted dozens and dozens of the older Remington trigger but I'm fiddling with the new Xmark for the first time. Is the sear engagement adjustable or just the weight range? It has the usual 3 adjustment screws, but the one for sear engagement just won't move. What's the deal? Thank you.
Hawkshaw
Hawkshaw
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Donna,
They staked and sealed the sear adjustment. They do not want that touched period, after it leaves the factory. They then put an abortion on the outside of the trigger for the weight of pull, so they can say you can adjust the trigger like the Savage Accu-Trigger, which is a joke in itself also. Then they still left the over travel adjustment, where it was. The bad news for some is that they also staked the trigger group pins in, so the average joe would not put in an after market trigger. That is easily undone with a Dremel, and the correct tool bit.
However, all the after market manufacturers sell triggers with both a safety on them, or without. Those without, some can have the old safety from the old 700 added, and some are meant to run without one off a bench rest. The safety from the X-Mark will not fit any of the aftermarket triggers without a safety. Therefor you need to buy a trigger with a safety, or go to Brownell's, or Midway, and buy a regular 700 trigger, and adjust it like you love it!
Best
EDIT:
I have to say, I did error. I thought after I took the sealer out of the sear engagement adjustment, and the screw would not move that it was staked. It was not. After taking the trigger, and applying heat breifly from a Burns-O-Matic, it loosened right up. I did however replace the trigger on My 700 Sendero SFII action with a Jewell. The trigger assembly pins that hold the trigger group to the reciever are staked in.0 -
Not to contradict the above, will only relate my experience. I've fiddled with and adjusted many 700 triggers, got a 700 VSSF II last year and was rather PO'd that I couldn't adjust the sear engagement using the usual method of just removing the sealant. The sear trigger does have sealant, it also has loctite on the screw threads so turning out the screw is a no go - until you place some direct heat on the screw itself, then the loctite melts and you can back out the screw & adjust as needed. I did not find the sear adjustment screw to be staked.
Plain old kitchen stove heat worked for me, the loctite gave a little puff of smoke & dissipated. Residue remains behind, not enough to make turning tough but enough to help keep the screw from turning once done.0 -
THX TSR---It sounds like it's Timmney time again. HAWKSHAW 0 -
use a soldering iron and place it on the screw, the sealant will melt in a minute or two. 0
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