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Quit being a cheap arse and get a Jewel...

Sorry I missed your post. Not ignoring you.

I like the 510 a lot. It's on my M-700/26 Nos/Shilen #2 SS Match. I'm working with a Long Action .257R on a CDL 700. Of coures, that one has the dreaded X-Mark. I may get another 510 for it.

I have some older Walker triggers tweated to make a Timney blush. But, you can't count on being able to do that to every one, especially some of the later ones.

DF

Where you been hiding boy!!!

a little cheaper than jewel and a very good trigger is a timney calvin

I just put a 510 on a SA 700. I like everything about it except the shoe width. The pull is, much to my surprise, as good or better than any Walker Remington or Shilen I've had. The bonus is it is a complete trigger with safety right out of the package. All you need is the bolt release lever and spring. With a Shilen, you have to provide the safety.

John

I've seen the Calvin on Ebay.

What's the story on it?

DF

I've been lurking...

I see you talked to my friend Jason. He was telling me about it a few weeks ago. I told him "what a small world."

Got that right

Having witnessed a Walker trigger malfunction on several occasions over the last 20 years and doing hours of research on the topic any of them will go in the trash and replaced with anything else.

The truth is that at least 99.99% of those rifles will simply never malfunction. But 100% of them have the potential to do so and it has nothing to do with how the trigger is adjusted. If the trigger connector fails it will fail just as often if adjusted to 6 lbs as 6 oz.

The connector was identified as the cause in 1946. If it is welded in place so it can't move the trigger will never malfunction.

The two Ive played with have done excellent down to 6oz. That's what I run weight wise on my silhoutte rifles and could tell no real difference between calvins and jewles , I did not try to go lighter and as most real shooter know that's where jewels shine is at LIGHT !!! settings few if any can equal jewels at 2oz. I get a laugh out of joe dipshit that brag about their jewel triggers and when ask what it's set at they either don't know or say a real light 2# . Lots of trigger will do a fine job of makeing a good 2# hunting trigger

Jewells are a waste at 3#'s, are absolute works of art at very low wt. In fact, to me they get a bit mushy when at 3#'s or so. At that weight, I'd rather have a Shilen or Timney.

I need to read up on the Calvin. Is the geometry different, double lever, etc.??

DF

Drop a Holland Spring in a factory 700 trigger and you are GTG.

Yep, Me, too.

My M700 triggers are set to 2 3/4" with no creep. They pass all the safety tests at these settings.