Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Is the new Rem. X Mark trigger worth fooling with?

Just bought a new action and it sure feels trashy between 5-6 lbs. but I haven't put a wrench to it yet. powdr

I think that a Bold or Timeny is worth buying sooner than later.

I like to change the bolt shrouds to the Military type, install a side swing safety and do away with the sear-blocker they come with. You can then adjust the MK10 trigger to a very nice pull and not worry the safety is "not holding much". Once you remove the safety from the MK10 trigger the rest of it is as good as a Temney or Bold.

Occasionally you can get one acceptable, depending on your criteria......

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X mark or mark X? Are we talking remingtons or mausers?

Remington

Then heed aalf’s advice!

I've only messed with one, but it was easy to get a nice, light, and creep-free pull without a lot of trouble. Couldn't say they would all be so easy.

Won a 204 Ruger VTR in a drawing several years ago, my first 700 with an X Mark trigger. Adjusted it down to a very crisp pull, and despite shooting out the original barrel and getting quite a way into its replacement, the trigger keeps working exactly the same way, with no trouble.

The X Mark without the screw through the trigger hasn't been to bad. I have one and adjusted one for a friend a couple weeks ago. Mine is at three pounds and crisp with just a very slight amount of overtravel. His came out with even less overtravel. Over travel doesn't really bother me. The X Mark Pro with the screw on my Mtn Rifle adjusted to about the same but I did buy a Timney to replace it just because of all the stories about that trigger breaking through the screw hole. For a hunting rifle I like the X Mark just fine, almost as much as the original Walker triggers. I haven't taken one apart to try smoothing it up though so that could change.

Ive found they are excellent...easy to remove and throw in the trash.

Get a proper trigger.

Is that you or Rommel talking?

They seem fine.

I do not like the screw in the face of the trigger though.

Maybe it does not bother others.


Not a fan of trigger dinguses.

The new ones have no screws sticking out and they adjust just fine. I have had excellent luck with them so far. Still not a walker trigger though.

I did not know that they hid the adjuster screw.


In general...I dont not prefer the new crop of easy adjustable triggers.

The new ones look like the old style ones. Screw in same place

Easy to remove and put Jard guts in. I did that with my 22-250 VLS. Of course I haven't used the safety on that even once that I remember.

I had two of them, after trying to "fix" them, ended up with Timneys.

Timney makes a good trigger but it is no comparison to the Jard. On my 22-250 (2003 rifle) VLS I have a 9oz trigger, on the Remington 700 VSSF I have a 16oz trigger. Two levers over four. Plus the Jard is much cheaper at $62. Assembly required.

One 1 in the safe right now, a 308 SPS SS I bought cheap when SW shut down here almost a decade ago. It's 3# w/minimal travel. I don't shoot that rifle a lot myself, but, anyone who picks it up can shoot it fairly well and the adjusted X-Mark trigger is leaps-and-bounds ahead of what most folks are used to. It's been nearly a decade since I bought it but nothing stands out in my memory regarding trigger adjustment so I suspect I spent the better part of 7-10min getting it adjusted to my liking and put it back together.

No doubt there are at least 1/2dz aftermarket triggers as well as a pre-X-mark that would be "better", but, the X-mark in that 308Win certainly isn't going to be the cause of someone not killing a critter.