Peter M. Eick
Member
Ok, I read a lot of the gunsmith books, I read a lot of the posts, but I make no bones about it. I am not a gunsmith. I do know how to buy the right hand tools and use them reasonable well though.
So, given the 3 day weekend and a very rainy and cold Houston, I decided to reset the trigger weights on my Rem 700's. I followed the instructions given on this sight, my books and many others and with virtually no problems was able to adjust the weights down from 6 lbs 15 oz to 2 lbs 12 oz and the other I brought down from 5 lbs 13 oz down to 2 lbs 15 oz. I could work the bolt as hard as I wanted, slam the gun on the floor (painful to do I might add) and generally treat them very roughly and the triggers would not release. I could also set the safety and pull the trigger and then "off safe" and it would not fire. With those tests done I touched up the screws with a bit of fingernail polish to hold them and put the guns back together. While I was there I finally decided to pull the bolts apart and clean them also. I guess after 10 years I should have done it sooner. Fairly dirty and oily inside but nice and clean now.
I had one question. On my Rem 700 Sendero it had an aluminum bedding block so I torqued the screws to 65 in-lbs (using my inch pound torque wrench) but I could not find the torque for a non-bedding block plastic stocked rifle. I have a 700 BDL stainless that was pre-bedding block so I set the torque to 45 in-lbs because that is the closest I could find.
How does that sound for a torque?
If I get this one right, maybe I will try dissecting one of my 1911's to see if I can completely take one apart, clean it and put it together next (no need to rush these things)....
So, given the 3 day weekend and a very rainy and cold Houston, I decided to reset the trigger weights on my Rem 700's. I followed the instructions given on this sight, my books and many others and with virtually no problems was able to adjust the weights down from 6 lbs 15 oz to 2 lbs 12 oz and the other I brought down from 5 lbs 13 oz down to 2 lbs 15 oz. I could work the bolt as hard as I wanted, slam the gun on the floor (painful to do I might add) and generally treat them very roughly and the triggers would not release. I could also set the safety and pull the trigger and then "off safe" and it would not fire. With those tests done I touched up the screws with a bit of fingernail polish to hold them and put the guns back together. While I was there I finally decided to pull the bolts apart and clean them also. I guess after 10 years I should have done it sooner. Fairly dirty and oily inside but nice and clean now.
I had one question. On my Rem 700 Sendero it had an aluminum bedding block so I torqued the screws to 65 in-lbs (using my inch pound torque wrench) but I could not find the torque for a non-bedding block plastic stocked rifle. I have a 700 BDL stainless that was pre-bedding block so I set the torque to 45 in-lbs because that is the closest I could find.
How does that sound for a torque?
If I get this one right, maybe I will try dissecting one of my 1911's to see if I can completely take one apart, clean it and put it together next (no need to rush these things)....
