Simply adjusting the set screws you can take out the creep and all of the overtravel. However you may still have a gritty feeling trigger.

Remington, as well as many others, pack grease in their triggers to aid in a smooth, less gritty trigger pull. IMHO this is the cheap way of dooping the buyer into thinking they have an acceptable trigger right out of the box.[:'(] Remove the grease and the gritty feeling is likely to show up.

Any compitent gunsmith should easily be able to remove the grease from all the internal parts, polish up the engagement surfaces, adjust all of the set screws, and get a 2 pound trigger pull and still be 100% safe.

Personally I like to have my triggers set to 2.5 pounds. Unless you will be wearing very thick gloves this is a very acceptable weight. It provides you with enough resistance to know when you are pulling on the trigger but not too light to have it go off unexpectedly. If you do hunt in extreme cold and do where very thick gloves you would probably be better off with a 3 - 3.5 pound pull.