Only the weight of pull screw should be touched. By turning it counter-clockwise you can bring down the 4 lbs. factory setting to a crisp 2 lbs. BTW, this is the only screw which will allow scraping of the sealant. The 2 (not to be touched) remaining screws are sealed with an epoxy, immune to acetone and only a torch will soften it.

That was my understanding too, thanks for the clarity!

Yup, I adjusted mine down and its a much better performing trigger, probably reduced it by 2 lbs with a turn or two and yet its still quite crisp. Liking this trigger, and am hoping to get out today and shoot the 257 Roy!

I just took a new one out of the bag from Brownells and installed it in a 700. I adjusted the weight of pull down to just a little over 3 lbs. & tested it seveal times at this weight. I put the gun back in the stock and bolted it up. When cycling the bolt hard the firing pin drops!!! OBVIOUSLY VERY DANGEROUS!! This happened about 1 in 4 bolt slams! Needless to say i am concerned and very unhappy with this trigger. I put it away for now and plan to come back to it later to try to fix. Any suggestions.

Just got a mod 7 and it has this trigger and it is at factory 5.75 lbs just a little under what the gun is. I will try to adjust later and report how it goes this is a good forum JMO THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO EVERY ONE

DARREN

Just tweeked mine to #2.5. Took less than 5 minutes start to finish. Hate to say it but it feels as good as my Jewells. Well almost .

I just played with my first X-mark trigger. I easily turned it down to 2.5 pounds on a 223 SPS Varmint. A very nice trigger.

RH

I took one apart. Nice MIM sear and override, but a bit more stoning doesn't hurt. If you want to get after the overtravel and engagement, yep, you have to rip it apart. I didn't like the idea of heating the trigger spring or burning something else.
The little tiny clip for the trigger pivot is a bear to take off, use your best seal picks, you'll need them.
Then, and only then, can you burn off the epoxy. You can replace the pin clips with .125 or so E-clips from the auto store, which I did.
I am now looking to get rid of the pull-weight spring, find something with a softer and longer tension curve, the stock springs rise rate is too steep. And BLUE locker from here on out, thanks.

I got my second X-Mark trigger from the classifeds here and the weight adjustment just won't change AT ALL. I've had the proper screw most of the way out and it is still at 4.5 pounds. To my untrained eye, the sear engagement needs to be adjusted since it drags a long way before breaking. I compared the sear engagement with my other X Mark and an older style 700 trigger too. This sear sits a lot fatter than the others. That screw has an allen head and is stuck pretty good . I tried heating it with a hair dryer (to the point it was so hot I could barely touch it) but no luck. Any tricks on getting the bugger loose?


RH

Try soaking it in kerosene for a couple days.