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A guy brought me four Remington 700 rifles and a sack of new Timney triggers the other day and asked me to install the Timneys. Now, what do I do with the like new X-Marks? Three of them have the adjustment screw on the trigger and the other (older?) one doesn't. Two of the rifles were unfired and the others looked almost unused--definitely not messed with! I would like to know if there is a market for them and what they might be worth.
Thanks for your input, Ken
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I have bought the X-Mark triggers for @ $35 each in the classified section of the board. This was prior to the recall being announced.
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Yes there is a market for them. As the previous poster pointed out, P.T.Barnum was right.
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Personally, I wouldn't sell them myself for liability reasons until I made sure they weren't part of the recall or they were checked by Remington if they were part of it. Chances are good that they're fine but you'll have to decide if it's worth the gamble if they were in the recall and not "repaired".
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Personally, I wouldn't sell them myself for liability reasons until I made sure they weren't part of the recall or they were checked by Remington if they were part of it. Chances are good that they're fine but you'll have to decide if it's worth the gamble if they were in the recall and not "repaired". I think you are probably right. I guess I need to go to the Remington website and see what I can find. I haven't paid too much attention to all of the notices etc. but I gather that ALL Remingtons are involved in the recall. Am I right? Of course I mean Remingtons with 700 style triggers! Quite a mess for sure what with hunting season just around the corner. Ken
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Not all 700's are part of the recall. Just certain batches of triggers. If you search Remington 700 and recall, you'll get to their recall information. You'd have to contact them and they'll need the serial numbers to tell you yeah or nah. I had to send one to them in May and just got notice that it's being shipped back. They initially told me on the phone it would be about a 2-week turnaround time but that story changed to "at least 12 weeks" when I called them again in late June. And I had to send the entire gun so I'm not sure you could send just triggers. At least you'd know if they were on guns that were recalled or not.
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Personally, I wouldn't sell them myself for liability reasons until I made sure they weren't part of the recall or they were checked by Remington if they were part of it. Chances are good that they're fine but you'll have to decide if it's worth the gamble if they were in the recall and not "repaired". When it comes down to ridiculous this comes real close to the top of the heap...
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After thinking all of this over, I can't see where my selling these like new triggers is any different than worrying about all of the Remington triggers I have adjusted over the last 30 years or so! As soon as I take a few pics, I will be putting them up for sale!! Thanks for all of the input Ken PS Anybody need some triggers???
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A guy brought me four Remington 700 rifles and a sack of new Timney triggers the other day and asked me to install the Timneys. Now, what do I do with the like new X-Marks? Three of them have the adjustment screw on the trigger and the other (older?) one doesn't. Two of the rifles were unfired and the others looked almost unused--definitely not messed with! I would like to know if there is a market for them and what they might be worth.
Thanks for your input, Ken Just me - but I'd use 'em to help weigh down the other papers in my trash can...
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Paper weights anyone???
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Try putting them on the classifieds, as I mentioned P.T. Barnum was right. Ive sold a few for $35 and ended up throwing a few away�just depends on the day and the 'client'�.
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My opinion..........both models suck!
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I've 5 of them, but only one has the screw in the shoe. Must be lucky as all hit a crisp 32oz with ease. Never had an issue with the old Walker's either, but again, guess it's luck. I damn sure wouldn't consider a Timney to be an upgrade.
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I've 5 of them, but only one has the screw in the shoe. Must be lucky as all hit a crisp 32oz with ease. Never had an issue with the old Walker's either, but again, guess it's luck. I damn sure wouldn't consider a Timney to be an upgrade.
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I've 5 of them, but only one has the screw in the shoe. Must be lucky as all hit a crisp 32oz with ease. Never had an issue with the old Walker's either, but again, guess it's luck. I damn sure wouldn't consider a Timney to be an upgrade.
Yup! I'll gladly trade either of you a XMP externally adjustable when (if) I get it back from Remington for one of your Timneys.
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The Timneys I installed were not mine. They came with the rifles. The guy paid #139.00 ea for 4 of them. I had to fit each one of them to the trigger guard and the stock. I couldn't see where they were an improvement over the Remingtons. The ones I took off are ---3 with the adjustment on the trigger itself, and one without. All three of the trigger adj. ones are new or close to it. I would however trade them for a Bold or Timney Mauser 98 trigger.
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This is a little off topic, Last year I had my early 60's vintage M700 trigger go bang on me while going moving the safety from safe to fire. Took it to the gunsmith, he took the trigger apart and it was heavily fowled with all sorts of curd. He offered to clean it and put it back on the rifle. By then I had lost faith and trust in that trigger, had him R&R it with a Shilen. Couldn't be happier.
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Lost faith in something because you failed to keep even modest care of it? Sounds like a horrible trigger... Not!
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Even a cheap model timney is a upgrade from the "new" style rem triggers as they are pure [bleep] , I'd take an old style 700 trigger annd re work it over the cheap timney though
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I've got Timney's on 4 of my Remmy 700's and every single one of them was a 5 minute (at most) drop in job, and a marked improvement over the factory trigger, 2 of which were X-MArk pro's� just an FYI, IMHO.
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