INSTALLING A NEW TRIGGER IN A REMINGTON 700 ACTION
BY: HARRY
In
this case I am installing a Jewell Trigger with
safety and bolt release...
Remove
the bolt from the Remington 700 action. Take the action out of the stock, and
turn it upside down.
You
will re-use your factory pins. The rear pin is longer than the front pin.
Study the trigger as assembled before you start so you will know how it goes
back in.
Pay
close attention to how the bolt stop fits in its slot and how the bolt stop spring
attaches to the bolt stop and where it hooks onto the action, this is not
difficult, but you need to look at this very close.
Drift
the rear pin out first from the right side of the rifle (pushing it out the
left side). Be careful the spring for the bolt stop does not
fly away.
When
the rear pin is out the factory trigger will swing down and the sear and spring
will fall out. Just swing it down slowly and you will be OK. The bolt
release and bolt release spring will also come off.
Now
drift the front pin out the same way.
You
will now have the following parts lying on your work bench.
A. The factory
trigger assembly
B. One long
pin and one short pin
C. The bolt
stop
D. The bolt
stop spring
To
install the new trigger, just reverse your steps. The Jewell Trigger
has permanent spacers so it comes in one piece so there is nothing that will
fall off.
After
installing the new trigger in the Remington 700 action, if your new trigger
comes with a safety, you may have to remove some material from your stock so
the safety lever will clear. It takes up more room than the factory
safety. I used a Dremel tool with a small
cutting burr and it was real easy. Just take your time.
I had
a little trouble with my bolt release not releasing, (not coming up to stop the
reward motion of the bolt). I had bent the bolt release spring when I put it
back in and for some reason it didn’t want to push up like it should
have. So I just put in a new bolt release spring and it worked like a
charm....... Just be Careful
A few notes:
When
I decided to Get
a Jewell Trigger, I called Jewel Triggers inc. at 512 353-2999. They
set my trigger at 8 oz. just like I asked for.
I also used my wife’s Credit Card… made it real easy.
While
I was waiting for the trigger, I went to the Go Go
Varmint Message Board and asked for help, on how to install the new
trigger. I got the above information from “Gater”....
Brian Gaterman, via E-MAIL...
I
think it is really nice to be able to help one another. Thanks Brian, I hope
some day I will be able to return the favor...
“Varmint
Guy” said,” DON’T buy a Jewell Trigger”,
because after you buy a Jewell Trigger,
you wont be happy until you have
one on each of your Varmint rifles. He was right, I got 2 now, and I am trying
to find my wife’s credit card..... hehehe
Good
Shooting to All,
Harry
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