Just another thread about a bad Timney Hit trigger and even worse Timney Customer Service. I am putting together a Solus Barreled action and decided to try a Timney Hit trigger in it as they were on sale. When I got the trigger I needed to remove the Remington Style bolt release so I followed their instructions on this process from their YouTube video on this subject. I removed the "E" clip from the lower position and removed the upper "e" clipped pin and put the top pin back in. In their instructions they said the lower pin was not necessary if you were not using the Remington bolt release...so I left it off. Went and pulled the rifle out of the safe monday and the trigger blade fell out of the rifle and onto the floor when I picked it up.
So I contact their customer service and told them the story. The person wrote me back that they'll send me a new pin and a spring and the I was not supposed to drive out the second lower pin with a punch. I replied back that I did not drive it out with a punch and that something was wrong with the trigger as it just kind of fell apart. They did reply that they would send me an RMA number to return it for repair. I told them I was not thrilled about having to send a brand new trigger in that has never even been fired. Replaced the trigger with a Trigger Tech special I had and when I went to put the rifle back in the safe I saw the pin laying on the floor in front or the safe. I got a flashlight and found the spring as well. I put the trigger back together and sure enough...The pin would just slide through the housing with no resistance at all. I took the trigger to the shop and carefully held the pin with a small pair of pliers and peened the end of the pin until the pin had to be driven in with a punch. Replied to Timney to cancel the RMA as I found the parts and repaired the trigger myself.
Thankfully I worked my way through college in a machine shop, had a small shop for several years and built pulling tractor chassis as well as built and tuned 1911/2011's and Smith & Wesson revolvers. I was surprised that in this day and age that Timney didn't want the trigger back as it was apparent that first, it had a manufacturing defect and two... a customer had just told them the they repaired a trigger that they manufacture. I'm not at all thrilled by their trigger and their response and this will be the last Timney Trigger I buy.
So I contact their customer service and told them the story. The person wrote me back that they'll send me a new pin and a spring and the I was not supposed to drive out the second lower pin with a punch. I replied back that I did not drive it out with a punch and that something was wrong with the trigger as it just kind of fell apart. They did reply that they would send me an RMA number to return it for repair. I told them I was not thrilled about having to send a brand new trigger in that has never even been fired. Replaced the trigger with a Trigger Tech special I had and when I went to put the rifle back in the safe I saw the pin laying on the floor in front or the safe. I got a flashlight and found the spring as well. I put the trigger back together and sure enough...The pin would just slide through the housing with no resistance at all. I took the trigger to the shop and carefully held the pin with a small pair of pliers and peened the end of the pin until the pin had to be driven in with a punch. Replied to Timney to cancel the RMA as I found the parts and repaired the trigger myself.
Thankfully I worked my way through college in a machine shop, had a small shop for several years and built pulling tractor chassis as well as built and tuned 1911/2011's and Smith & Wesson revolvers. I was surprised that in this day and age that Timney didn't want the trigger back as it was apparent that first, it had a manufacturing defect and two... a customer had just told them the they repaired a trigger that they manufacture. I'm not at all thrilled by their trigger and their response and this will be the last Timney Trigger I buy.
