Timney Triggers

I never heard of the Mark Pro.
I have heard a lot about Timney and have used them on a number of my guns over the years with total satisfaction for every Timney I installed.

I would say a Timney would more than likely be better than a factory trigger. Sometimes when you pay more, you actually get a better product. Timney makes triggers, that is their business, they have to be good!

every gun I own has Timneys in them. Light and crisp. So, I can't attest to any other brands.

In the last few years, factory triggers have improved 1,000 %. Does anybody remember Ruger factory triggers from 15-20 years ago? Heavy, creepy, vague. They were an awful P.O.S.I bought a Ruger 77V that was almost unshootable because of the trigger. A Timney trigger turned it into a tack driver. IMHO,a Timney will be an improvement on any trigger being offered by any American rifle manufacturer. Some Timney triggers, like the Ruger, are very simple 5 minute jobs. Others have to be installed and fitted by a 'smith. You can alays buy a CZ and get an excellent adjustible set trigger stock.

The Timney Rem. 700 trigger is wider than the old stock 700 trigger - I don't know about the X Mark Pro. You may have to rasp or dremel a minor amount of stock at the front of the trigger housing to get the Timney front weight of pull screw & nut to fit. The last Timney I bought has the overtravel screw cut off flush with the housing - I presumed factory adjusted and no longer to be messed with - so it is no longer a problem fitting into the stock. Installation is not difficult.

I am a fan of Timney triggers: Rem. 700, Rem. 600, Ruger Mk II and Browning Abolt II (spring only).

Replaced an X-Mark Pro with a Timney, no fitting was required it took about 10 minutes and it shoots great.

I bought a Rem. 788 about 18 years ago, the trigger was trash! I couldn't change it, no one made one to fit it, so I just endured. About 2 years ago, my buddy told me he'd found a Timney to fit this rifle, I ordered it from Midway, $129.00. Best money I ever spent! Trigger was set at factory @ 32 oz's, I've never changed it, smooth as glass, most accurate rifle I own now.

Another Timney Fan

I put a Timney trigger in my Ruger 77 Mk II .270; it went in easily - just a little relief for a perfect fit on the safety mating surface. It took about 20 minutes to do the job, and the trigger is superb. It has no takeup travel, and no travel after letoff. I set it at 3 lbs. 4oz., because it is a hunting rifle and that's what I consider to be a minimum safe pull weight while wearing gloves, which happens in my area during deer season.

My wife tried it, and after one-five shot group asked me for a Timney for her birthday present, on her Ruger 77 Ultralight .243. The result was the same, and she is totally happy with it.

The trigger on my early Ruger 77 (tang safety) was factory adjustable - long takeup travel, or long takeup travel with rough spots, and long or longer post-letoff travel, as you like it (NOT!). On that gun, there is a link arm from the trigger to the tang safety that needs some internal wood removed when changing triggers. There is also some adjustment in the bedding wood under the front of the Timney because of a small dimensional difference. The original install took me about 45 minutes due to the changes in the internal stock clearances. But the end result is the same as the Mk II rifles; my Ruger tang safety .257 Bob now has a great trigger, and will make one, 5-shot hole at 100 yards (when I'm having a good day!).

Put one on a Ruger 77. Made improved the trigger 100% but not the rifle.

Rifle Basix are great options for bolt guns. That is coming from a HUGE Timney fan use which I use in my AR's. If I am buying a new bolt gun stock trigger is critical, might as well buy something you are happy with out of the box. If I stumbled on the right deal on a used gun that needed a trigger I would not hesitate to buy a Rifle Basix.

I recently dropped a Timney trigger in my Stevens 200, and it is without a doubt the best trigger I've ever had.

I put a Timney in a Weatherby Vanguard, it took about 5 minutes, works perfectly, a vast improvement over what came in the rifle.

I have Timney's in my 10/22 and my AR. They are wonderful! Huge improvement over the factory triggers. The Timney is even better than my accutrigger set to 3 lbs.

Buy with confidence. You will be happy.

Here is the Skeletonized Timney in my AR