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ORIGINAL: Wayspr
Remington triggers are excellent and can easily be adjusted for creep, overtravel and poundage. No reason to get an aftermarket one.
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Unless the trigger on yours came from the factory with something wrong with it, no person who cannot adjust a Remington M7-M700 trigger should be calling himself a gunsmith!! In addition, if THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR TRIGGER, your "gunsmith" should have noticed it right away, and told you about the problem!
I adjusted my first Remington trigger in 1953 (a Model 721), and the last one (a Model 7) about a month ago. And I do NOT claim to be a gunsmith. Actually, the Remington triggers are not hard to adjust. You just must make sure that when working on them, not to set the sear engagement too little, and to leave enough tension on the trigger spring to make certain the gun WILL REMAIN COCKEDwhen you slam the bolt closed vigorously, and that you can put the safetyON, pull the trigger all the way back, release it, push the safety OFF, and have the rifle REMAIN COCKED!! (It is embarrassing as hell when your rifle fires when you push the safety off! And it could be dangerous, if you were the sort of person who does not always ensure that his/her muzzle is pointing in a safe direction at all times....) Each of these two tests should be repeated at least ten times, and work each time before you re-loctite the three adjustment screws to keep the trigger adjusted correctly while it is in use.
I find that the Remington trigger can be adjusted as low as three pounds, and still operate safely. If you try to go much below three pounds, SOME of them get touchy!! NOT ALL, but some!
Here are instructions for adjusting your trigger:
http://www.quarterbore.com/library/articles/rem700trigger.html
IF you are in the least mechanically savvy, and can read, you can do it yourself. Once you figure it out and have your trigger set to your satisfaction, you can teach your gunsmith how to do it.
Remington Triggers
