This might be better suited in the new "gunsmith" section but I will ask here anyway.

Just picked up my new X-Bolt Hunter earlier this week. I am planning to adjust the trigger down and was wondering if it was possible to turn the weight adjustment screw too much? All the manual states is which way to turn it.

One easy way to find out...adjust and test for feel/safety.

Removing the screw completly will give you the lightest setting wich is around 3-3.5 lbs.If its not light enough you can buy a replacement spring from these guy http://www.erniethegunsmith.com/catalog/c2_p1.html.

So it is safe to completely remove the screw?

Tests will tell. (1) Safety on, pull the trigger, release the safety. (2) solid hits to the gun with the safety both on and off. Unloaded, of course

I bought the X bolt hunter and I thought it felt pretty crisp out of the box but this was also coming from a Win M94 30-30 so anything was going to feel great!

Did not remove screw. Loosened as far as i could. Trigger pull gauge went off at a little under 3.5 lbs. Good to hunt with. Trigger on my x-bolt actually got smoother the more i shot it. love the gun.

If you can afford a X-Bolt you can afford to have your smith do a basic trigger job on it (proud owner of a Stainless Stalker in .338 Win Mag).

I always have my smith do a trigger job and hand lap the barrel on all my rifles before I run the first round down the tube.

All my rifles shoot under 1" MOA after I break-in the barrel at the range (+/- 100-150 rounds); .17 HMR to .338 Win Mag.

Then they are "ready" to hunt with...............


I wish all my rifles were built like the X-Bolt !!!

My X-Bolt and a Tikka T-3 are the only factory rifles I own which did not need a trigger job, IMO. They only needed to be lightened.

Now to the original question, I wound up removing the screw completely and safety checked the rifle and all was well. My biggest concern is something getting in the trigger housing now that the scew is gone. I thought about covering the hole with a thin layer of silicon? Any other ideas?

You should be able to buy a much shorter allen head set-screw at any decent hardware store that will just fill the threaded hole and then blue (not red!) loctite into place.