Remington 700

Hey guys, I have a .22-.250 that I hadn’t shot in about 13 years. It’s spent all that time in a gun sock, indoors, climatized closet. I went to shoot it today and I had to look at the safety 3 times, to make sure it was actually on fire. I even pulled a cartridge out of the chamber and re-loaded the gun, thought maybe something was stuck. I finally pulled the trigger hard enough, that the gun did fire. It felt like the trigger was set at 15lbs and I only fired it once.

So my question, about what was the typical poundage of the triggers originally? Have I just become conditioned to my newer rifles, much better triggers or is it possible that the firing pin was just stuck?

What trigger is in it? X mark, X mark pro? Old style wide black shoe?

Usually remington straight from the box was about 3-4 pounds.

B6352 are the first couple digits/letter on the serial number. Has a 83 stamped on the barrel, not sure if that was the year manufactured or not. I don’t know a whole lot about it, my grandpa gave it to me when I started hunting and that would have been around 1985-1988, (it wasn’t new.)


I definitely don’t remember it being that hard to pull, but like I said, it’s been quite awhile. I’m gonna try to shoot it again tomorrow, hopefully it was just kinda stuck.

Kinda sounds like it was gunked up from non-use. Lube had solidified, maybe.

That's got the old Walker trigger in it.

If I was you I'd pull the firing pin assembly out of the bolt and soak it in a good, light solvent, and I'd remove the trigger assembly and let it soak with the firing pin. I think I'd toss the bolt body in with them as well. And don't lube the trigger---and never let a can of WD40 within 15 feet of the rifle.

thanks guys, I figured it couldn’t have possibly have been this way all along. I would imagine that when I put it away, I had probably slathered some gun oil on it. I’ll give the bolt a cleaning, I have no doubt that it could definitely use one.

If you’ve never had one and want to drastically improve the trigger, Triggertech is very easy to install. I put them on every Remington 700 and 7 I have with no regrets.

I have one made in about 1981, given to me new from my folks. I knew I could shoot better than what the VERY heavy pulling trigger would allow me to. We had a friend that knew how to adjust the factory trigger and he did to my preference. I don't know what the pull weight is, but I'd say he got it down to about 2.5 lbs. I hunted hard with it for about 15 years, put it away and moved onto other rifles. Recently put it in a different stock and start hunting with it some and the trigger is still great, no issues with safety and still shoots really well. So, may not need a change, just adjusted after a good cleaning.

If you do want a change, Timney is very good, I've done a few of those over the years.

This. I've seen this before it needs a good off the stock cleaning.

I replaced a Jewell that was on my Model Seven with a Trigger Tech, and it's a fantastic trigger IMO. The Jewell was okay, but I sensed some inconsistency I did not like with it. I think the TT is superior to Timney, JMO though.

Walker triggers can be great but they MUST be kept very clean. Even then, they're perfectly safe---until they aren't. It is a flawed design.

Update:

Well, I went over and shot a spike this morning. I literally had to jerk on the trigger to get it to discharge. I’m actually a bit shocked that I still managed to hit the deer in the head. It’s currently the worst trigger I’ve ever pulled. It definitely wasn’t a 1 time sticky.

I have an ultrasonic cleaner, what’s a good liquid to put in it for the bolt? The stuff I already have sounds pretty strong, figured it’s best to ask you guys. I do have some mineral spirits & kerosene if y’all think those might work and not be too strong.

It's probably old [censored] rem oil or hopped that settled in the pin. Just clean it or buy a new trigger. A hang fire can be real bad

What solvent do you already have that you regularly clean with?

Had this issue with one of ours. Disassemble bolt and clean the firing pin and spring fixed it for us. Afterwards I treated every remington we own to the same treatment.

I like to leave my rifles with the firing pin not cocked.

Honestly, I just bought the cleaner 2 weeks ago and haven’t even used it. They had some powder with it, but it said something about discoloration of certain metals. If you guys have a brand you like or can recommend, I’ll order some of it. Really don’t want to mess up a gun that my grandfather had given me.

You'll get 100 different answers to your question. Most any CLP will be fine. Just use what you have.