I have a Rem 700 BDL that I bought new several years ago and had the factory trigger adjusted to 3.5 lbs. When you go to the line and shoot it the trigger pull increases all over the place (4.5 - 7 lbs).

Had a timney installed and still does the same thing, my buddies didn't believe me until they shot it. You can duplicate this with a trigger pull gauge and fired cases in the shop, but the local rem service center (dealer) just looks at me strange like I am nuts when I tell them about it even though they (dealer) sold it to me. Any ideas what would be causing this.

Thanks,

RJS

RJS,
I suspect that the trigger is binding in the inletting....

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Ray Atkinson

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RJS,

Are you comparing the tigger pull on an empty chamber to a chamber with a fired case.

If so, bolt position maybe the culprit.

On the surace bot alignment would not affect the sear engaement. But in practice it can happen. It can even be as simply as the speed at which you close the bolt handle down.

If you are testing witha fired case and empty chamber, perhaps you might compare an empty chamber to a full lenght sized case tha has been sized sufficient so as to have some head space.

Mike

Here's a little more information that I forgot to include initially. The caliber is 22-250 with the factory barrel. The barrel has a long factory throat but the chamber is tight/small. Sometimes factory new remington cartridges will not allow the bolt to close. I have also taken some of the once fired (in this rifle) factory rounds that were tight before firing and ran through a redding FL die and the bolt is still very hard to close.

Also, the accuracy of this gun has been terrible even with a 4.5 x 14 Leupold on it and I have tried several other scopes to boot. When I tried to seat bullets out to touch the lands I only get one or two rifle marks on the bullet which really blows me away. The smith I use has suggested setting back the barrel and then reaming to correct size.

I will try some brass that isn't so tight and see about the trigger pull. Could it be possible that there is something binding in the bolt when it is cocked, that is where I am leaning or could the action not be square and when cocked causing uneven pressure. I am guessing here, I have never seen another rifle do this.

Also, the pull will vary with the fired brass when it is out of the stock, I thought early on that might be a problem but I checked the inletting after installing the Timney and there was plenty of room.

Thanks,

RJS

This soundsa like a great candidate for a total rebuild. I would bet that the chamber is eccentric to the bore and it would take some effort to straighten this. The angle on the cocking piece may be wrong and this is what is giving you the varying pull. Take the barreled action out of the stock and back the weight of pull screw out so that there is no weight of pull spring acting on the trigger then cock the rifle by holding the trigger forward while closing the bolt. See if the trigger weight varies this way. If so the cocking peice may not be mating properly with the sear surface. Also a possibilty of a soft cocking piece. Regards, Bill.

RJS,

I would contact Remington and tell them you have a dangerous rifle that you bought from them, and ask them to replace it with a new unit.

With the lawsuits experience they have, I expect they will help you out.

jim dodd

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That 22-250 Browning Safari with the Sako action and pencil barrel (98%) I passed on at the last show is starting to haunt me, Oh, and he would have taken this POS in on partial trade, looks like I may be calling him back after all. Both of the newer Rem 700s I have are turning out to be real lemons, but the older pre 82 222 and 280 are very well made and are very accurate. I think I have bought my last Rem.

RJS