Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What's the best replacement trigger for M700?

I have Jewell, Shilen, and Timney on various 700's.

The Jewell is great for a very light competition trigger, being able to adjust it externally is a very good feature (if you are a trigger tweaker). It has various safety/bolt release options - all at extra charge of course.

The Shilen has a narrow trigger shoe similar in width to the Jewell, however the two Shilen's I own both have sharp edges (think not rounded) on the trigger lever which I do not care for. The Shilen does not come with a safety lever/bolt release - it is an extra charge, or you can install a factory one off of an older Walker style trigger on it.

The Timney has a wider shoe and you will probably have to remove a slight amount of metal from the bottom edge of the trigger guard in order for it not to drag against it.
The Timney does come with safety/bolt release, also the safety is a sear blocking type - the way Remington should have done it in the first place and saved themselves a lot of money and bad press.

All adjusted easily to 1-1/2 lbs which is my preferred weight of pull.

Dollar-wise IMO the Timney is the way to go for a hunting rifle.

drover

Tried to find a pic of a failed M98 bolt but this was the best that I could come up with.

I talked to Defiance about that action today, just because it's pretty cool. Much better looking than the Mausenfield action.

That's the main reason I want to replace the triggers. However, I've never had a problem with a M700 trigger or bolt handle but I've probably only owned about 15 total over they years. If I'm truly worried about the bolt handle coming off, there are guys obviously that can fix that fear for me.

I agree those mausenfields are not pleasing to the eyes.............

The standard extractor that Defiance uses is the M-16 extractor. For the life of me, I can't understand why someone thinks they need something stronger than that.

I spoke with Norm a few days ago, and I'm under the impression that the 3 pos mod 70 type safety is available now in either CM or SS.

The law of averages are not in favor of a company who has sold more than 5 times as many rifles than the others have too. Just sayin.......

Very nice job on the bolt handle...and shilen triggers are tough to beat at the price.

I would never waste my time drilling, tapping and screwing a bolt handle on when Dan Armstrong of www.accutig.com is in business.

In 25 years of building rifles and, several hundred or more Remingtons come through my shop, I've only ever had one bolt handle come off. It was a 700 handle that someone had silver soldered onto an XP-100 bolt to replace the "dogleg".

I have a nickle Timney with safety set at 2.5lbs. I have been very pleased with it. Trigger shoe is wide though.

Timney makes a thin shoe trigger too if you like their product.

http://www.timneytriggers.com/shop/-Remington-700-w-Safety-and-THIN-Trigger-P71.aspx

Says accutig.com domain is for sale, so he may be out of business.

Try

http://www.accu-tig.com/

Plus, if your Rem 700 bolt is off-time, or if you just think the factory R700 handle is way overrated , Dan can correct it.

Carbon12, thanks. I made a typo. I can't believe a young man like Dan would be giving up a great business like his.