After reading about the Remington trigger,I bought one for my M-700 (1980),maybe 500rounds, the L- 1.I ran into problems,it didn' t reset.Off and on it went five times.I am quite good at it now.First I noticed that the finish on the sides of the lever was rough to my finger nail,so I polished that on my hard arkanas, it didn't polish even.I double checked the pin to lever fit,loose enough to spin. As it came down it hit on the left rear of the housing,that's where it is hanging up.I phoned ,he said it tested good when they did it before it leaves their place.He suggested either filing the corner of the housing or hammering the lever to bend it .I can make it work.Others may be luckier with their's ,but be warned.

[ 06-14-2002, 07:37: Message edited by: downwindtracker2 ]

DW, this sounds like you got the shaft instead of a trigger assembly. Basically what they are telling you is, "Now that you've bought our trigger...build your own!"

Their attitude sucks. My sympathy.

DW,
Sinclair Int'l makes the claim in their catalog that RifleBasix will back up their product. Since this is not the case I would complain to Consumer affairs and the Better Business. This is bad news on what I thought to be a great trigger. MtnHtr

A most frustrating scenario. I have had good luck with my LV-1 and they answered my queries regarding adjustments rather nicely and professionally.

Mine was purchased through Sinclair and I think you should definitely give them a shout. A distributor often has more clout than a sole consumer. 'Tain't right, but 'tis so.

Luck to you.

~Holmes

The problem was the lever that holds back the cocking peice on the firing pin,forgot the name of it.It's a roughly an " L " shape,it pivots on the front housing attachment pin.When the lever swings down into the housing it hit the left side.That is where it was hanging up ,preventing the little reset spring from pushing it back up.Either the holes were drilled off 90 o or more likely the lever warped when it was heat treated. It would have been nice if he had offered to send a straight one.However to make it work I relieved 10 thou from the left side of the trigger block safety leg,it still hit when it came down,and tapered the left side 4 thou down to an area before the pivot.It was slow work because I did that on a hand stone.The housing has 10 thou of clearance compared to the stock (1980 ) Remington 2 thou,Remington also used stainless steel and punched the edge to round them.To make the hunting model more than a single shot,he should increase the thickness of the lever and releive the sides leaving a shoulders at the pivot area.Looking at the designs,the Remington has a more reliable reset( second shot ) with their big reset spring ,but a worse lift off against that same spring.I will certainly shoot the trigger full of a dry lube like graphite or PTEE.The installation took 10x the time it should have,and leaves me wondering about second shots.

[ 06-14-2002, 20:59: Message edited by: downwindtracker2 ]