Remington 700 BDL Adjustable trigger

deermanster · 02-21-2005, 07:29 PM

I do not like the heaviness of the Remington 700 BDL trigger. It is adjustable isn't it? Would it be worth it to adjust it? How much does it cost to have a gunsmith adjust the trigger or possibly could i do it myself? any help is appreciated.

oldelkhunter · 02-21-2005, 07:33 PM

Yes it is very adjustable. No if you haven't done one or are not familiar with the workings leave it to a professional. Wait until your completely satisfied with the gun and it has no hangups that will return it to the factory. If it goes back to the factory and the trigger has been adjusted they will charge you for a new trigger and set the new trigger to whatever heavy poundage they come out with.

bigbulls · 02-21-2005, 07:44 PM

Let me first say that you should only have a trigger adjusted by a compitent Remington approved gunsmith. You will void your warranty if you don't and could be liable for a law suit also should an accident happen.

I'm not going to tell you how to do it or even that you should do it but I will tell you what each screw is for and what it does. The rest is up to you.

There are three screws. Two in the front and one in the back.

Top front is the trigger stop screw. This screw adjusts the ammount of over travel a trigger has after the sear is tripped.

Bottom front is the trigger spring. This one adjusts the ammount of pull weight needed to trip the sear.

Rear is the engagement screw. This screw adjusts the ammount of engagement that the sear will have on the sear safety cam. Or in other words this adjusts the ammount of pre creep a trigger has. There is a "window" that you look through to see how much sear engagement you have when adjusting this screw.

PaJack · 02-22-2005, 07:45 AM

This will help...

http://quarterbore.com/library/artic...00trigger.html

Rebel Hog · 02-27-2005, 10:29 PM

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ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter

Yes it is very adjustable. No if you haven't done one or are not familiar with the workings leave it to a professional. Wait until your completely satisfied with the gun and it has no hangups that will return it to the factory. If it goes back to the factory and the trigger has been adjusted they will charge you for a new trigger and set the new trigger to whatever heavy poundage they come out with.

You're right oldelkhunter on warranty!.......It happen to me on a new gun I tried to adjust....

Baldrog · 02-28-2005, 07:10 AM

I have a Rem 700 ADL 243 and adjusted the trigger. There are many "guides" out there on how to do it just do a search on the net. I had never done anything like this before and it realyl wasnt that hard. Make sure you follow the steps carefully and test the rifle by giving it some good smacks on the butt end and ramming the bolt in solid to make sure it doesnt fire on you BEFORE you load any ammo in it.

Rootsy · 02-28-2005, 09:20 AM

if you decide to tackle this... make sure you have a means to measure the pull force required to release the trigger... if it is NOT a consistant (consistant meaning less than 1/4 lb variation) breaking force then increase the pull force until it is achieved... basically if pull force is all over the map you are not getting consistant sear / trigger engagement when most of the creep is taken out and just when you think you've got it... bam it'll go off on it's own when the bolt is closed... for most factory remington triggers i've found this to be in the 3 1/2 to 4 lb range MINIMUM....