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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1581172" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>I have had at least a dozen Timney's and they were generally good except it was difficult to get a wrench on the lock screws and sometimes they loosened up. It was still better than Remington's adjustment screws which only locked with lock-tite and you had to watch you didn't get that stuff inside the body of the trigger and on the coil springs. That meant stripping the trigger down and soaking everything in solvent. In the early days of bench rest some gunsmiths became experts in re-doing Remington triggers down to ounces but those days are gone. The triggers I have had the most trouble with are the old "A" bolts from Browning. Getting them to a safe 2 pounds is tough. Trigger tech makes a nice trigger but a friend brought one to me that wouldn't adjust and I found the adjustment screw had split when he screwed it all the way down. He sent it back and they replaced it. It's an easy install if the rifle is built for it. I used to work on the old military Enfield and Mauser triggers for hunting rifles and they were easier to make better, even just snipping a ring off the trigger spring or polishing and squaring the sear contact made a world of difference, but you could never make them crisp unless you welded adjustment screws to them. The old Winchester triggers may be one of the best there ever was, not just because of the ease of adjustment but they were wide open and easy to keep clean. Anybody who has had to pull a Remington trigger apart because some goof was continually filling it with WD-40 will appreciate that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1581172, member: 91402"] I have had at least a dozen Timney's and they were generally good except it was difficult to get a wrench on the lock screws and sometimes they loosened up. It was still better than Remington's adjustment screws which only locked with lock-tite and you had to watch you didn't get that stuff inside the body of the trigger and on the coil springs. That meant stripping the trigger down and soaking everything in solvent. In the early days of bench rest some gunsmiths became experts in re-doing Remington triggers down to ounces but those days are gone. The triggers I have had the most trouble with are the old "A" bolts from Browning. Getting them to a safe 2 pounds is tough. Trigger tech makes a nice trigger but a friend brought one to me that wouldn't adjust and I found the adjustment screw had split when he screwed it all the way down. He sent it back and they replaced it. It's an easy install if the rifle is built for it. I used to work on the old military Enfield and Mauser triggers for hunting rifles and they were easier to make better, even just snipping a ring off the trigger spring or polishing and squaring the sear contact made a world of difference, but you could never make them crisp unless you welded adjustment screws to them. The old Winchester triggers may be one of the best there ever was, not just because of the ease of adjustment but they were wide open and easy to keep clean. Anybody who has had to pull a Remington trigger apart because some goof was continually filling it with WD-40 will appreciate that. [/QUOTE]
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