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Started by dpittman, April 01, 2012, 04:54:24 PM

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dpittman

My boy was shooting his turkey gun today and it seems he is struggling with the trigger pull. He is going to be 8 next month. I put my trigger scale on it and got 5.5 lbs. His 243 accutrigger is 2 lbs and he shoots it very well. Just wondering what options are out there to get it down to around 3 lbs safely. I saw the Timney Fix but it seems a little over-priced. Any help would be great. With everything that goes thru a kids mind when a gobbler shows up I don't want him stressing about the trigger.

msgobblergetter

Patriot sear spring replacement will help, but it doubt it will take it down to 3 lbs.  I put one in my 870 and its probably between 4 to 4.5 lbs.  Cost about 15-20 bucks.
Or you could try the remington trap sear... It will probably take it down and maybe a half a pound or so.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/815333/remington-sear-spring-870-competition-trap

allaboutshooting

Quote from: dpittman on April 01, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
My boy was shooting his turkey gun today and it seems he is struggling with the trigger pull. He is going to be 8 next month. I put my trigger scale on it and got 5.5 lbs. His 243 accutrigger is 2 lbs and he shoots it very well. Just wondering what options are out there to get it down to around 3 lbs safely. I saw the Timney Fix but it seems a little over-priced. Any help would be great. With everything that goes thru a kids mind when a gobbler shows up I don't want him stressing about the trigger.

If you have a gunsmith close, you can get a spring that is much lighter from him and either have him install it or do it yourself. A Remington sporting clays spring will work well.

Thanks,
Clark
"If he's out of range, it just means he has another day and so do you."


Lenny870

Thinking of changing my spring too , good info

dpittman

I snipped the spring a little (maybe 1/4 coil) and now it is 2 lbs. I am not sure if this is safe so I will probably replace with new spring. I shot a empty primed hull to see if it would go off and the first one did not. 3 more did go off and two loaded shells went bang. The primer strikes looked normal. Could anyone tell me if this is a bad idea.