Winchester Model 70 Trigger pull

[ranchand99]

How smooth is the trigger on the model 70?Can it be adjusted at home?I have worked on triggers before,and set my Savage.I like a hair trigger.Thanks.

[bob roberts]

How smooth is the m70 trigger? As smooth as most factory triggers out of the box IMO. Can it be adjusted at home? I guess so if you know what you are doing, but it voids any factory warranty (or so my gunsmith told me). I had my gunsmith adjust mine down to 3 lbs, and it works fine for me.

[JagMagMan]

The M70 triggers are about as good as any of the "Lawyer triggers," these days! If you know what you are doing, you can lighten the triggers yourself. I spent a few bucks and had a Gunsmith do both of my M70's. On both of them, you'd have sworn that I had the whole guns worked, instead of just lowing the trigger pulls! It cut my groups down to less than half of what they were!

[jmfa1957]

In my opinion the Model 70 trigger is one of the best on the market. Adjustment is very easy - - a spring with a jack screws through it and two locking nuts.

If you know what you are doing adjusting it is easy... but I would be very leery of setting it to "hair trigger" lightness, unless all I ever did with the rifle was bench shooting.

A trigger pull guage would be a very good thing to have if you do much of this.

[zekeskar]

For what it's worth Ranchhand - if you decide not to try it yourself, a gunsmith will probably charge you very little (my experience). I was very happy after I had mine adjusted - I think it's between 2 and 3 lbs and it made a huge difference.