I am attempting to adjust a Remington 700 from the J-lock era. I adjusted the trigger in the normal manner. The rifle will not recock upon lifting the bolt handle without some small rearward movement. I increased engagement and weight, does not seem to help.
Could anyone advise me what I did wrong this time.

Thank you

Go to http://www.snipercountry.com/A...emingtonTriggers.asp they have in depth trigger adjustment instructions w/ diagrams. I printed them and get them out for reference on every 700 trigger (which isn't often) I adjust. I follow the exact order of the instructions and have had no problems. You can get about 90% of them "right" by following these instructions. I am no gunsmith but it sounds in my uneducated opinion that the over travel is not adjusted correctly. I believe if the trigger cannot reset the bolt wont cock. Now again thats my shadetree gunsmithing opinion. LOL Good luck

Norm Thompson, a wonderful gunsmith and person (now passed away) was a master at adjusting M700 triggers. My 270 breaks like glass at 2 1/2 lbs. I hope it's not a lost art.

Regards,

Chuck

I own 2 Rem 700, a .300 Win Mag Sendero (old trigger) and a .308 Win 700 Police (new X-pro trigger) and they both act the same. When lifting the bolt handle, they :

- won't cock if you keep forward pressure on the bolt ;
- do cock if you let the bolt come rearward by spring pressure or pull it back ever so slightly.

I'd rather think this is conceptual and has nothing to do with triggger adjustment as my 2 triggers are finely tuned.

if you aren't comfortable doing it or what you do doesn't work send it up to jim kobe (he posts here) he can do wonders with the remmy trigger very inexpensively

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Originally posted by B Edwards:
I am attempting to adjust a Remington 700 from the J-lock era. I adjusted the trigger in the normal manner. The rifle will not recock upon lifting the bolt handle without some small rearward movement. I increased engagement and weight, does not seem to help.
Could anyone advise me what I did wrong this time.

Thank you

There are Remington 700's that cock by just lifting the bolt handle, and then there are those that require a slight amount of rearward movement. The problem, if you want to call it a problem, has to do with the placement of the bolt handle.

On the upward lift of the bolt handle, the bolt cam surface, that area where the bolt handle meets the receiver, is such that will cam the bolt rearward, which among other duties, physically breaks the contact between the cocking piece and the sear safety cam, allowing the sear safety cam and the trigger to reset.

The fact that yours requires a little rearward movement to break that connection is nothing. The natural step after lifting a bolt handle is to retract the bolt to eject and feed a round. No big deal. Good luck!

Thank you all for your assistance.
Bob