School me on triggers for the M40

[TonyBen]

Please school me on triggers and why I should prefer one over the other for this rifle. What would you use for your Vintage Sniper rifle?

 

[John L]

If you want to be a purest, you need a 700 trigger with the 2 piece sear and tombstone safety. Or you can put in just about anything else for the 700, Trigger Tech, Bix N Andy etc.

 

[Jrb572]

It’s just a tuned walker trigger nothing fancy. But if you are picky about going clone correct it the only way to go.
Unless you are talking about one for an M40a1 then it has a piece cut out of it.

 

[Alaskaman11]

Shhhh, don’t say anything but I plan putting a trigger tech in my A1 build. It’s not seen

 

[corsairpilot62]

Shhhh, don’t say anything but I plan putting a trigger tech in my A1 build. It’s not seen

The only thing i caution you on is the clearance notch cut out of the walker trigger for the winchester trigger guard. I’m not sure if the trigger tech has a smaller assembly housing or not.

 

[Alaskaman11]

The only thing i caution you on is the clearance notch cut out of the walker trigger for the winchester trigger guard. I’m not sure if the trigger tech has a smaller assembly housing or not.

Thanks… I did not think about that but I’ll look

 

[cplnorton]

The trigger for the M40 and M40A1 would be different. It really depends which one you are doing and how correct you want to be?

If you give us some more details we can help more.

 

[Alaskaman11]

Thanks… as soon as I order the barrel, I will. I can always use a resource. I have decided to just go with the correct stock

 

[RIGREG]

Tony,

Another reason to consider buying an old Remington 700 .243 or 22-250 for your build. If you find a BDL, you get your trigger, bottom metal, and receiver with recoil lug and bolt. Building out your bare receiver may end up costing the equivalent of gathering parts. Not to mention time invested searching.

Again it’s all about your vision and what’s important to your build. An early 700 BDL is essentially an instant parts kit.
In M14 terms, you can buy a modern Springfield Armory M1A, then hunt down the USGI parts vs. finding a good 5 line “Golden Era” and upgrading the barrel and stock to build your dream rifle.

As you may have guessed, I’m of fan of old rifles, for old style builds.

Stay the course,
Greg

 

[Random Guy]

CMP vintage sniper rules re bolt-action rifles. You can use whatever m700 trigger you want, as long as at least 2.5 lbs.

Mine is a little over 3.5 lbs, so it’s something I need to work on before the next event:

 

[TonyBen]

Thanks! How about a Timney or Jewell, single stage? Tunable?