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Post by trb0 on Aug 3, 2011 21:21:54 GMT -5
On my custom build Pacnor I used a Remington 700 with the X Mark trigger. The absolute lowest it will go is 4 3/4 lbs. I've already ordered one from Midsouth that will be here tomorrow. Anybody else have this problem or is this just an isolated case? Tim Baldwin
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2011 21:38:17 GMT -5
Tim, I happen to have a few x mark pros I have bought from builders and it all depends on the trigger. if you remove the weight adj screw in the trigger shoe most will go down to 3 lbs and some as low as 2 lbs and a few ozs. I know big green would cringe at the thought of removing the set screw but with the way its designed I cant see it hurts anything...I DONT ADVOCATE DOING THIS...but I have on several with no ill effects
the standard 700 trigger can however be tuned down to 2 lbs and break almost as well as aftermarket triggers out there...but again IM NOT TELLING ANYONE TO DO THIS....Bill
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Post by ratsnakeboogy on Aug 3, 2011 21:42:49 GMT -5
is it the original or the pro? I have two original x-marks that I can get to just under 3.5 lbs and they stay there. I have a few x-mark pros that I can get to 3.5 or so, but they seem to creep upwards over time. There is a spring kit available for the pro version through Ernie's gunsmithing on ebay, I don't own the kit but people say it works.
I have heard several stories of guy's getting the pro version down to 3.5 and 10 shots later all of the sudden it's pulling 8 lbs? Mine creeps up, but never to that extent.
If you can get either to 3.5 without a spring kit, that's about all you're going to get. There are some that people can't get under 5, varies trigger to trigger from what I've read.
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Post by ratsnakeboogy on Aug 3, 2011 21:44:25 GMT -5
Bill beat me to it, we're both from Tennessee but he types faster.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2011 21:50:21 GMT -5
Keep us updated please, I am on the fence about getting one or just have a tuned stock trigger.
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Post by trb0 on Aug 3, 2011 21:52:42 GMT -5
Welcome neighbor. I live just across the line in Ky. nearest Nashville. Its the X Mark Pro and 4 3/4's is with the screw completely removed. I always expect an advertised 2 # trigger to be closer to 3 # when adjusted as low as possible and still be safe but this is a little much. Tim
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Post by ratsnakeboogy on Aug 3, 2011 22:35:21 GMT -5
Welcome neighbor. I live just across the line in Ky. nearest Nashville. Its the X Mark Pro and 4 3/4's is with the screw completely removed. I always expect an advertised 2 # trigger to be closer to 3 # when adjusted as low as possible and still be safe but this is a little much. Tim Tim, check out Ernie's gunsmithing on ebay or his website, I don't have a link handy but google should find it. That spring kit for the X-mark Pro should get you where you want to be, I can't remember the price though. hillbill is right about the original trigger being as crisp as most reasonbly priced aftermarkets with a little work, but they and the X-mark can permanently end you or an innocent bystander if you don't know what you are doing. I reccommend a competant gunsmith for most trigger work, I've seen funny things happen with "adjusted" triggers. Check out Ernie's and be safe. |
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