Rem 700 trigger (HELP)

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Re: Rem 700 trigger (HELP)

Post by sandgroperbill » 08 Dec 2015, 12:22 am

And an empty chamber is safer still. A rifle dropped in just the wrong way could bring the bolt down and jolt the trigger or sear. Very unlikely, but I'll just go with the empty chamber.
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Re: Rem 700 trigger (HELP)

Post by Lorgar » 08 Dec 2015, 12:51 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:Once lightened the Walker trigger is much more likely to suffer from this paticular malfunction.

Iv had a walker trigger malfunction 3 times , once when realising the safety, once when closing bolt and once while lining up a shot with my trigger finger off the trigger ... scary stuff having your rifle discharge when you least expect it , thank goodness it was pointing in a safe direction each time.

My walker trigger was set to 1 1/2 LB and passed the bump test.


Not a malfunction in this case, but I had a similar experience when I was adjusting the trigger on my Anschütz.

Got it so it had a super crisp break but I'd obviously gone too far in the initial adjustment. I had it fire once by thumping it around a bit trying to get it to go, so no surprise there, but had it fire once on closing the bolt too.

Easy to fix but a bit of a "ooow, crap" moment when it goes on you.
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