this .30-338 with the original commercial 98 FN trigger is an absolute beast. I have some difficulties acquiring excellent results with these 180 TSX although they are in fair groups I know they can be pulled in tighter. These triggers should be able to be "honed" to clean up or are they a replacement for a Timney?

That trigger can be made to break cleanly and relatively light. I think by the time you have someone do it, it would be cost effective to replace it with a Timney.

I put a Timney on a 98FN a few months ago. It's sweet. Too bad the gun still doesn't shoot.

Kingfisher, that is too bad. Mine tends to lead to some accurate shot thus far. May need to work on my freefloating segment of homeremedy - can't be be a big deal. Done some futher search and there is a product called Huber Concepts. Seems just the trigger is replaced and is fully adjustable-know anything of em?

Luckily enough, it's not my gun! It belongs to my brother-in-law. His dad had it built for him when he was a kid. I'm going to try to get another stock for it and see if that makes a difference. The one that is one there now was hogged out by someone really bad. Maybe with another stock, it'll start shooting. If not, then 2" groups (at best) will just have to do. As for that trigger you mentioned, I don't know anything about them but I'm sure it's a similar mechanism to the Timney. If the price is way better and they have a decent return policy it's probably worth a shot. Heck, it only takes 10 minutes to install it. The only problem I had with mine is that the safety is difficult to engage because the cocking piece needs to be built up. Haven't gotten around to that yet, but it should be an easy fix (and there are a couple of ways around it).

I recently received a Blackburn Mauser trigger. It really scores well in a comparison to the Timney nit. Something about steel machined and finished until it becomes a thing of beauty.

jim

I understand the appreciation of quality work and crafstmanship. I will look into that an thanks Jim.