I did a trigger job on my buddies 17HMR last nite on a heavy barrelled 917 and though the trigger came out nice, i can't say I've ever had a loose barrel lug before. the lug is very loose in the dovetail, and i just know that mine is not like that at all. My 882SSV seems to have had to press the barrel lug in place. matter of fact, the only time i ever had mine out, I had to freeze the plug and heat the barrel to get it to slide into place.
His will just fall out. I don't think it will affect anything once the barrel screw is snugged up, b/c the barrel is free float up to this point and the wood is very tight fit (checked with modelling clay) at the point the stud fits into the stock.
I was toying with the notion of putting a dab of JB weld into the dovetail and letting things harden up with the rifle in a vice overnight to make sure the barrel stays straight in the action...or should I leave it alone? The gun shot half inch groups at 50 yards before I did the trigger, and before I started the trigger was 8.5 lbs, now it's just a tad under 4 and very crisp. I took out all the creep by polishing all sear engagement surfaces and lubing things up a little.
His will just fall out. I don't think it will affect anything once the barrel screw is snugged up, b/c the barrel is free float up to this point and the wood is very tight fit (checked with modelling clay) at the point the stud fits into the stock.
I was toying with the notion of putting a dab of JB weld into the dovetail and letting things harden up with the rifle in a vice overnight to make sure the barrel stays straight in the action...or should I leave it alone? The gun shot half inch groups at 50 yards before I did the trigger, and before I started the trigger was 8.5 lbs, now it's just a tad under 4 and very crisp. I took out all the creep by polishing all sear engagement surfaces and lubing things up a little.
) with a bathroom scale and the trigger clicked just as I eclipsed 8 lbs. After i got done, i have him down to a very crisp 4lbs. I polished all sear surfaces, lubed things up nice, took the factory trigger spring and removed 2 coils, then buddied that up with the stock sear spring effectively tripling it's force, and opened up the pilot hole in the receiver to the diameter of the trigger spring to give it a good perch. the stock trigger spring was replaced with the usual clicker pen spring, trimmed to the correct length. I also removed just a touch of the sear surface really only taking off a couple thousandths but it made a marked improvement in the absence of creep and the trigger is very crisp now.
