Glad to hear someone say that, Lance!
Aftermarket Trigger Spring Hype!
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tomcat818
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The "Featherlite" in my X-bolt was like a weight training machine for index fingers at nearly 5lbs pull weight out of the box and could only adjust it down to 3.6lbs. With the spring I'm at 2.5lbs which is right where I like it and this trigger breaks very consistently pull after pull with no safety issues what so ever. I believe Browning specs say the "featherlite" trigger is adjustable from 3-5lbs so I would be inclined not to go to far below the advertised minimum without a better understanding of overall design\mechanics of this trigger.
Side story about gun safety issues related to trigger adjustments:
I was 10yrs old hunting buck mule deer with my grandfather here in E. Oregon. We made our way down a high ridgeline in broken timber with me trailing about 20 ft behind. I walked past an opening on my right and see a large yellow pine windfall laying across the opening with some branches sticking up. I took 2-3 more steps and realized yellow pines don't have branches that low and have much larger branches (My grandfather owned a logging business and taught us about trees from a young age). I did a double take and now I saw clearly these were not tree branches. I tiptoed up to my grandfather and tapped him on the shoulder and pointed back towards the opening. He signaled me to stay behind him and he silently made his way to investigate. He spotted "the branches" and with his rifle at an upward 45 degree angle clicked the safety off and ka boom! the rifle went off. The buck jumped from his bed a huge non-typical probably 10X8 (couldn't count that fast) and high and wide as a country mile raced down slope in an opening no longer than 40 yds. Gramps (what us grandkids called him) skillfully cycled another round into his 1950 Remington model 721 270 Win while I standing safely behind him was transfixed on the buck which was just about to leave the clearing when Boom! down went the buck. I looked at Gramps with amazement and he looked at me with a similar look and then we both looked back down the clearing and the buck is gone! After checking for blood and finding none Gramps theorized he must of hit that magnificent rack probably near the base which temporarily knocked him out.
Gramps had adjusted the triggers pull weight below what was safe for its overall functionality and the trigger broke when he clicked the safety off. After this incident he re-adjusted it until it passed the safety safe on\off test which he did not do after adjusting it the first time and the bump/drop test. Keep in mind this is waaaay before the issues with the Rem. X-Mark Pro triggers. I have my grandmothers Rem 700 made in 1969 and hadn't used it much until about 11yrs ago. I took it to a very reputable smith in my area to have the pull weight (didn't want to mesh with it knowing what happened with Gramps) I told him the story about the big buck getting away when Gramp's rifle mis-fired. He said the trigger\safety in this semi-early model 700 is basically the same as the trigger\safety in the model 721 only minor differences. He went on to say they are fine hunting triggers but he will not adjust them below 2.0lbs (He is a decorated 1000yd benchrest shooter and hunter) and not even that low for triggers that show a significant amount of wear. I had him set it 3lbs and this is a very accurate rifle and the trigger is a key component in making it so.
My take on all this is don't deviate far from the rifle manufacturers limits on trigger pull weight min\max recommendations ever and test test test especially when changing the overall mechanics. To this day I've never come across a buck like the one my Gramps missed that day and if I ever do I want my rifle to function flawlessly so god willing I can get the job done.
Side story about gun safety issues related to trigger adjustments:
I was 10yrs old hunting buck mule deer with my grandfather here in E. Oregon. We made our way down a high ridgeline in broken timber with me trailing about 20 ft behind. I walked past an opening on my right and see a large yellow pine windfall laying across the opening with some branches sticking up. I took 2-3 more steps and realized yellow pines don't have branches that low and have much larger branches (My grandfather owned a logging business and taught us about trees from a young age). I did a double take and now I saw clearly these were not tree branches. I tiptoed up to my grandfather and tapped him on the shoulder and pointed back towards the opening. He signaled me to stay behind him and he silently made his way to investigate. He spotted "the branches" and with his rifle at an upward 45 degree angle clicked the safety off and ka boom! the rifle went off. The buck jumped from his bed a huge non-typical probably 10X8 (couldn't count that fast) and high and wide as a country mile raced down slope in an opening no longer than 40 yds. Gramps (what us grandkids called him) skillfully cycled another round into his 1950 Remington model 721 270 Win while I standing safely behind him was transfixed on the buck which was just about to leave the clearing when Boom! down went the buck. I looked at Gramps with amazement and he looked at me with a similar look and then we both looked back down the clearing and the buck is gone! After checking for blood and finding none Gramps theorized he must of hit that magnificent rack probably near the base which temporarily knocked him out.
Gramps had adjusted the triggers pull weight below what was safe for its overall functionality and the trigger broke when he clicked the safety off. After this incident he re-adjusted it until it passed the safety safe on\off test which he did not do after adjusting it the first time and the bump/drop test. Keep in mind this is waaaay before the issues with the Rem. X-Mark Pro triggers. I have my grandmothers Rem 700 made in 1969 and hadn't used it much until about 11yrs ago. I took it to a very reputable smith in my area to have the pull weight (didn't want to mesh with it knowing what happened with Gramps) I told him the story about the big buck getting away when Gramp's rifle mis-fired. He said the trigger\safety in this semi-early model 700 is basically the same as the trigger\safety in the model 721 only minor differences. He went on to say they are fine hunting triggers but he will not adjust them below 2.0lbs (He is a decorated 1000yd benchrest shooter and hunter) and not even that low for triggers that show a significant amount of wear. I had him set it 3lbs and this is a very accurate rifle and the trigger is a key component in making it so.
My take on all this is don't deviate far from the rifle manufacturers limits on trigger pull weight min\max recommendations ever and test test test especially when changing the overall mechanics. To this day I've never come across a buck like the one my Gramps missed that day and if I ever do I want my rifle to function flawlessly so god willing I can get the job done.
lancetkenyon
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You know how you can tell if you flinch when you pull the trigger or if you come off target when you drop the trigger? Here's how. Note attempt #3. I knew I short stroked the first attempt, but thought I got it on the second...apparently not. Glad I caught that on video. Still not sure why the first round was sticky, this is a very moderate load.
