Read up on the 788 factory trigger and a few places on line said that they tend to gum up and get really tight. The 308 trigger pull was at 8 1/2 lbs. i decided to give it a good cleaning and see what happens. I tore it down and cleaned and managed to get it down to 5 1/4 lbs. i then ordered a trigger spring from ernies online and it took it down to 3 1/2 lbs.last week i picked up 2 lefthanded stocks for the 788 rifles at a gunshow for 25.00 each.