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Gunsmithing timney trigger help needed

sergeant69

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put one on mod 70 30-06 made early 70's never fired. smith installed and set at 2.5 lbs. sweet shooter. after 20-30 rds the trigger pull got like HARD to pull. was outta town so took it to another smith he set it at his min of 3 lbs. 20-30 rds later getting harder to pull on again. its my sons and hes coming to visit and am thinking about setting the dam thing myself. causes? are they hard to set/work on? now i wish i could stick a rem 700 trigger in there!! help! THANKS
 
Re: timney trigger help needed

the gun came from an estate sale in CA w/out the original trigger. the widow told the guy selling the gun that she thinks he and his buddys probably pulled it off to put on another guys gun that they were always doing stuff like that. he had closets full of unfired, over fired, medium fired etc pieces. this one still had the original packaging, grease, tags etc. on it. we decided that since we got it so cheap and it needed a trigger anyways we'd add a good mod to it.
 
Re: timney trigger help needed

Anyone can make a bad product, sounds like the screw holding the pull weight adjustment might be stripped allowing the trigger pull to fluctuate. I would put a lock on it or take the bolt and hide it until Timney was called!