trigger pull question
I recently acquired a trigger pull guage, and thought I'd do some checking on my rifles to see what I had. On my 673 Remington in 6.5, I adjusted the trigger as perscribed by a website I found here. It seems to be rather inconsistent in the weight it pulls. Sometimes it breaks at 3 lbs and 12 oz., and sometimes it breaks at 3 lbs. and 4 oz., and sometimes it sometimes it is somewhere in between. I thought maybe it was the guage itself, so I tried it on my Ruger Hawkeye, and it broke at 4 lbs and 2 oz., every time. I'm wondering if that is the nature of the beast in the remington trigger, or if I have it misadjusted somehow? Thanks
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I was on another forum a little bit ago, and a young kid was ranting and raving about how most rifles are shipped from the factory with 2-3 lbs of trigger pull. What do the experts say on this forum? Personally, I don't believe that for a minute, considering my ruger 77 and my remington 673 had over 4 lbs out of the box. One other person said all of his lever actions were no more than 4 lbs out of the box, and his 2 winchester 70's were 2 lbs. I am a serious skeptic on this. What say you? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by hadjii
I was on another forum a little bit ago, and a young kid was ranting and raving about how most rifles are shipped from the factory with 2-3 lbs of trigger pull. What do the experts say on this forum? Personally, I don't believe that for a minute, considering my ruger 77 and my remington 673 had over 4 lbs out of the box. One other person said all of his lever actions were no more than 4 lbs out of the box, and his 2 winchester 70's were 2 lbs. I am a serious skeptic on this. What say you?
I suppose this would depend on what exactly you are buying, but this isn't true in my experience.
If you like, you can go to a gunstore with a trigger gauge and satisfy yourself that most of the ones on the rack don't have 2 lb pulls.0 -
In my own experience, I have found most from-the-factory pulls to be in excess of 4 to 5 lbs, once in a while even a bit higher. Because of target shooting, I am very conscious of trigger pull weight and quality of release, maybe even obsessed a little (?). I use a Lyman electronic trigger pull gauge frequently to check my own and my buddies' guns. This has been found very close to weights used to check pulls at matches. 2 or 3 pounds in today's lawyer-driven world would seem uncommon. That said, if the release is crisp without significant drag or creep, a relatively heavy pull doesn't seem bad, and will often fool a person to think it lighter. 0 -
I could hang my Ruger 10/22 from the trigger without the hammer dropping.I had previously installed an 20" heavy barrell and Hogue stock. With the scope and rings the gun weighed about 8 lbs. I installed a Power Custom trigger kit and brought it down to three pounds. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by hadjii
I was on another forum a little bit ago, and a young kid was ranting and raving about how most rifles are shipped from the factory with 2-3 lbs of trigger pull. What do the experts say on this forum? Personally, I don't believe that for a minute, considering my ruger 77 and my remington 673 had over 4 lbs out of the box. One other person said all of his lever actions were no more than 4 lbs out of the box, and his 2 winchester 70's were 2 lbs. I am a serious skeptic on this. What say you?
Ask him - If all those rifles are being made with wonderful 2 lb trigger pulls from the factory, why are there 10 pages of aftermarket triggers for sale in Midway and Brownells?
I've been shooting since the 60s and triggers went from good to lousy and are generally back to good. But they ain't 2 lbs. I take it this fellow has never shot a Mini or M1A or any number of semi rifles.0 -
To be honest, I'm not sure what this guy has shot. If you want to check out the thread, it is on the cabelas talk forums, under the shooting category. Thanks for the replies. 0
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