I gave my nephews a Rem 700 BDL .243 several years ago. They need to replace the factory trigger, as it has had some misfires. (i.e. pulling the trigger, and it not firing till about 10 seconds later) What is the best replacement for the trigger? We don't want a factory Remington trigger. I've read about Timney and Rifle Basix triggers. I read the Timney is a little wider than the Rifle Basix, is this a concern for younger hands?

This gun is used for hunting only.

He also plans to let his son start using it, and would like to put a youth stock on it. Can anybody recommend a good replacement youth stock for it? We don't want to cut down the original stock, as this rifle has some family history behind it. He also wants to be able to put the original stock back on once his son grows up.

I'll post pics of the rifle later, waiting for nephew to send me some.

The family history behind this rifle is as follows. My oldest brother (passed away in '88) bought the rifle for my dad in the early 80's. Dad gave it to me in early '90's. I gave it to my nephews a few years ago since it was something that their dad bought. Loved that rifle, and never wanted to get rid of it, but I love my nephews more and wanted them to have something from their dad.

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(i.e. pulling the trigger, and it not firing till about 10 seconds later)

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This seems more indicative of crappy ammo. Unless your bolt internals are completely clogged with dirt/grease/rust, which are preventing the firing pin from moving.

No idea if the current issues are trigger related or not, but if I was replacing the trigger on a Remington 700, I would go with the Jewell 2-stage trigger and wouldn't look back. I have a Jewell on every rifle I own that a it fits.

I have Jewell in my 700's and timneys in others, either will be too of the line. With that kind of delay your looking at a bolt/firing pin/spring issue or ammo.

In years past, we also had the very rare malfunction of moving the safety to fire and the gun going off. With that and the recall, the trigger is getting replaced either way. I'll have him take it to a gunsmith to install the trigger and overlook the rest.

Has it been converted to a flintlock?
If is not fireing for 10 seconds after pulling trigger, you have a serious problem NOT trigger related!!!!!!

Buy a second stock off of eBay and cut it down yourself. That way you have the larger stock when they grow into it. They can be had for less than $50

I'd second the recall recommendation. I sent my 700 .308 back to Remington last year and had it completed in about 6 weeks.

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Has it been converted to a flintlock?
If is not fireing for 10 seconds after pulling trigger, you have a serious problem NOT trigger related!!!!!!

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And from Log: "This seems more indicative of crappy ammo. Unless your bolt internals are completely clogged with dirt/grease/rust, which are preventing the firing pin from moving..."
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My 1984 Rem 700 (factory trigger) in 250 Sav did something very similar about three yrs ago...the near 30 y/o grease in the trigger had hardened to a point the mechanism (in this case the hammer) failed to move when the trigger was pulled. I had not heard any movement, cycled the bolt (coulda/shoulda looked at the rear of the bolt), nuthin'.....a couple of seconds later 'boom'

Totally disassembled the trigger to find the hardened grease...which was not easily dissolved. Lubed and re-assembled, it worked fine....but I changed it out for one of the new X-Mark units.

Interestingly the original 700 trigger was shipped from the factory with all of the adjustment screws ground flat against the trigger housing...no tweaking possible on this one. Maybe 1984 was a bad year for lawsuits?

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Buy a second stock off of eBay and cut it down yourself.

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I originally gave my son a youth model 700 SPS when he was 10. When he got older I bought a full size stock on ebay for it. He uses it now and I will put the youth stock back on it when he has kids.

Here is a good option for you if you don't mind synthetic (ducks from agalaska's flying coffee cup).

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(i.e. pulling the trigger, and it not firing till about 10 seconds later)

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This seems more indicative of crappy ammo. Unless your bolt internals are completely clogged with dirt/grease/rust, which are preventing the firing pin from moving.

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Try disassembling the bolt and cleaning the internals out. There is a specific tool you can buy for this, or you can use the shoestring (or paracord) and a penny method:



That said, I dropped a Timney in my Rem 700 in 30-06 last spring. I recently took it to the range to sight in the scope, and had my AR with a factory trigger, in order to shoot through a ladder of loads for load development. The new trigger made the bolt gun so much easier to shoot compared to the AR, that now I have to replace the AR trigger!