Has anyone lightened the trigger on a Remington 870.
Did you purchase an aftermarket trigger like a Timney?
Or just change springs
I swapped the sear spring with the MCarbo and it dropped over 2 pounds, to a touch over 3 pounds.
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Change sear spring, drastic difference.
I have the patriot sear spring in my 870's. Been running them for years.
I put a Timney kit on one of mine. Real nice. Definitely recommend it....
I also put the Timney kit in mine. It made a huge difference. The nice thing about the kit is it come with 3 different weight spring and it's also adjustable using the supplied allen wrench/key.
I guess I've been fortunate in all my Remington turkey guns I've never had a reason to change the trigger pull or trigger out for something different... Interesting ...
Quote from: Greg Massey on June 13, 2023, 10:29:56 AM
I guess I've been fortunate in all my Remington turkey guns I've never had a reason to change the trigger pull or trigger out for something different... Interesting ...
You are correct Greg, the factory triggers are real good. I just got board a few winters ago and decided to change out my Bottomland SPS to a Timney. It definitely has a nice, light, smooth pull at around 2 pounds.....be safe....
I don't like a 5 pound trigger on any gun. All Remington shotguns that I have measured come in between 5 and 6 pounds. So at a minimum I choose to change the springs. But with that being said I also change every spring with Wolf extra power springs. Needed or required, nope not at all. But it gives me confidence. I guess I got used to pistol and rifle triggers, I have a CZ 223 bolt action with a "Set" trigger that measures 2 ounces!!! I prefer shotgun triggers around 3 pounds, I have sent several triggers to Cole's Fine Gunsmithing that I use for sporting clays and they come back at 2 pounds.
Have a good one and May God bless, Bocephus
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Not saying mine doesn't have a trigger that's over 3 pounds, that really doesn't bother me, What i dislike is the travel creep before it makes contact within the trigger ... None of my Remington's have this creep problem ...
Quote from: Greg Massey on June 13, 2023, 03:36:53 PM
Not saying mine doesn't have a trigger that's over 3 pounds, that really doesn't bother me, What i dislike is the travel creep before it makes contact within the trigger ... None of my Remington's have this creep problem ...
Amen, that's the only thing I don't like about the Winchester 1300's. Great guns, lousy triggers....
I bought a new 870 fieldmaster and it had the most horrendous trigger i have ever experienced. Gritty, long take up, multiple notches. Just pitiful. I sent it to a gunsmith that advertises 870 trigger jobs on the big auction site. It came back substantially better but not perfect. I am happy considering how bad it was beforehand. He also installs an over-travel screw. Turn around time was quick. I would probably do it again on another if needed.
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Mcarbo, I did all my Remingtons, cheap, works well, simple...
I did the mcarbo spring fully expecting to be unsatisfied. I'm wrong and like it. My thought was to do the spring swap. If that isn't enough, polish the sear. If you screw up the sear from polishing too much off, drop in a timney and you've only lost $10 or $15 on the spring. Start with the cheap option
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Another cheap option is to simply cut one coil of your original trigger spring. Lightens the weight up, for the creep polish the sear. If you don't like that then spend the money on new springs or a timney
Quote from: RLAG on June 14, 2023, 08:58:36 AM
I did the mcarbo spring fully expecting to be unsatisfied. I'm wrong and like it. My thought was to do the spring swap. If that isn't enough, polish the sear. If you screw up the sear from polishing too much off, drop in a timney and you've only lost $10 or $15 on the spring. Start with the cheap option
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x2 exactly what I did. Swapped to the mcarbo spring then polished the sear with their polishing compound kit.