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Not just a Sporty this one has all the whistles and bells and has a 4.8 gallon tank I can make longer trips.a sporty, sporty,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Not just a Sporty this one has all the whistles and bells and has a 4.8 gallon tank I can make longer trips.a sporty, sporty,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Yesterday Thursday I received the Timney Trigger. Today after lunch I started installing the new Timney Trigger in the REM. 788-223Rem. The trigger went right into its place and I tested to see if the bolt would work. It fired (dry fired) safety and bolt in and bolt out, all good. But the trigger cavity in the stock needs sanding all four sides. This didn’t take long and I’m back in business. PS. I had the trigger sent to me with a three pound pull, feels nice.I brought my Rem. 788 NIB some time ago. It has been in the safe most of its life. The last time I took it to the range about five years ago it was shooting ten rings all day. Now that it seems that places of intrest are now open to full capacity here in NYS I'll make a range trip to tune in my Rem. 788 223 Rem.: But when checking out the rifle the bolt won't cock and it seems the trigger is stuck. I wasn't able to free it so after some investigation I found out that the only problem with all 788 rifle was the triggers. I went online to find a new trigger assembly. I came across Timney Triggers but would have to put in a backorder and wait.
Okay. Now I am wondering who has a Timney Trigger in their bolt action rifle. Will appreciate your input.
Thanks in advance
Anthony
Looks fully functional without putting live rounds throught it but plan on going to the range soon.Looks Good! Just make sure that the trigger is not touching or rubbing where it passes through the bottom plate and has enough clearance to the guard loop.
To much trouble for this old fellaYesterday Thursday I received the Timney Trigger. Today after lunch I started installing the new Timney Trigger in the REM. 788-223Rem. The trigger went right into its place and I tested to see if the bolt would work. It fired (dry fired) safety and bolt in and bolt out, all good. But the trigger cavity in the stock needs sanding all four sides. This didn’t take long and I’m back in business. PS. I had the trigger sent to me with a three pound pull, feels nice.
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Thanks alot Bob will look into the poor man's timney. But I am not much of a gunsmith. If played round with the trigger assembly and the rifle would go off on it own, Well lets just pray to God the bullet would go into the ground.To much trouble for this old fella
I took mine to my gunsmith, I will give you a step by step to modify the original trigger foe $5
Remove trigger group from rifle.
Remove bolt stop and sear spring
Drill a small hole in the rear of trigger assembly and tap.
Put screw in and adjust length of spring to the depth of the screw.
Trigger will now flop around .
Drill a small hole in the front of trigger assembly and tap.
Using a new screw with a point ground on it fit a new spring for the desired weigh.
Mine is set for 1 and a half pound but depending on the spring used it can be made as light as a few ounces to what ever weight you want.
If you search the net for modifying the 788 trigger there is all the correct Drill sizes and directions you need.
It takes about 15 minutes to convert a crap trigger to a poor man's Timney
Bob Nelson
I wanted to post a diagram of this modification and some pictures of one on a rifle but I'm 75 years old and I haven't gotten up the nerve to learn a new process. I do this on gunbroker and ebay but have not done it on any other sites. If you have questions or get hung up send me a email or give me a phone call and I will try to help you out. I came up with this idea many years ago and have done a lot of them. I don't think you are supposed to advertise on The forum but if you have no tools or mechanical ability I will rework one for you but not for free. I'm not looking for business, I shut my shop down years ago.To much trouble for this old fella
I took mine to my gunsmith, I will give you a step by step to modify the original trigger foe $5
Remove trigger group from rifle.
Remove bolt stop and sear spring
Drill a small hole in the rear of trigger assembly and tap.
Put screw in and adjust length of spring to the depth of the screw.
Trigger will now flop around .
Drill a small hole in the front of trigger assembly and tap.
Using a new screw with a point ground on it fit a new spring for the desired weigh.
Mine is set for 1 and a half pound but depending on the spring used it can be made as light as a few ounces to what ever weight you want.
If you search the net for modifying the 788 trigger there is all the correct Drill sizes and directions you need.
It takes about 15 minutes to convert a crap trigger to a poor man's Timney
Bob Nelson
@308/338Thanks alot Bob will look into the poor man's timney. But I am not much of a gunsmith. If played round with the trigger assembly and the rifle would go off on it own, Well lets just pray to God the bullet would go into the ground.
The money spent on the Timney trigger was money well spent. It took me about 30 minutes to complete the job vs sending it to a gunsmith saveing on gunsmith's labor which would no doubt be more than the price of the Timney Trigger.
Anthony
Bob I live in Brooklyn NY. we NYC. people mostly travel three hours for weekend,vacationing or happy/sad occasion only. Three hours going and return could burn up 15 + gallons of regular gasoline @ $3.15 here in NY.: I don't believe there is a licensed FFL gunsmith within a three hour drive from me that would even do this job becasuse of liability reasons.@308/338
Fortunately my gunsmith is only 3hrs away and also a good friend. I took the directions out to him and he had never thought of that idea before. It took him 30 minutes to do it first time, he has it down to 15 now and has done a few of them and usually charges about 50 dollars.
Bob
Okay I have my trigger problem solved replacing it with a Timney trigger and now I'm preparing once fired 223 cases I picked up right after they were fired at a range.
Max. 223 Rem. case lenght is 1.760" and can be trim to lenght 1.750". After full sizing these caes and matching head stamps I have 100 of the same brass.
Measuring the brass I get lenghts of 1.750" to 1.737".:
Now I'm thinking to trimming forty pieces to 1.740" length.
Okay I have my trigger problem solved replacing it with a Timney trigger and now I'm preparing once fired 223 cases I picked up right after they were fired at a range.
Max. 223 Rem. case lenght is 1.760" and can be trim lenght 1.750". After full sizing these caes and matching head stamps I have 100 of the same brass.
Measuring the brass I get lenghts of 1.750" to 1.737".:
Now I'm thinking to trimming forty pieces to 1.740" length.
If the brass trimmed to 1.740" I will put a light crimp in cannelure.
But if case mouth isn't within cannelure I will go without a crimp.
What would you do?
@308/338Okay I have my trigger problem solved replacing it with a Timney trigger and now I'm preparing once fired 223 cases I picked up right after they were fired at a range.
Max. 223 Rem. case lenght is 1.760" and can be trim to lenght 1.750". After full sizing these caes and matching head stamps I have 100 of the same brass.
Measuring the brass I get lenghts of 1.750" to 1.737".:
Now I'm thinking to trimming forty pieces to 1.740" length.
Okay I have my trigger problem solved replacing it with a Timney trigger and now I'm preparing once fired 223 cases I picked up right after they were fired at a range.
Max. 223 Rem. case lenght is 1.760" and can be trim lenght 1.750". After full sizing these caes and matching head stamps I have 100 of the same brass.
Measuring the brass I get lenghts of 1.750" to 1.737".:
Now I'm thinking to trimming forty pieces to 1.740" length.
If the brass trimmed to 1.740" I will put a light crimp in cannelure.
But if case mouth isn't within cannelure I will go without a crimp.
What would you do?
So far I am liking the Timney trigger I had the trigger sent to me with a three pound pull for target and hunting uses. I was at the range with a friend he asked me if he can shoot my rifle and he shot three shots only right in the bullseye at 100 yards.So---how do you like that Timney on the 788 ?? I had the same issue with the stock 788 trigger----the internal parts would just freeze up solid. I have 2 rifles that did the same thing. It is some kind of reaction with the steel parts against the aluminum body. I went to Timney triggers on both and never had a problem since.
Whatever the problem is Remington should have thought better by making the housing out of magnesium which bleeds onto other parts for whatever reason causing the mechanism ot seize.The problem is solved here but im going to post this info anyway=
This freezing up is a fairly common issue in the model 788. what causes it in general is either cleaning solvents/ oil/ penetrating oil getting into the trigger. The worst culprit is the latter...especially WD40. The housing on these triggers has a chemical reaction to it and it gums up in there. the only way to solve the issue is take it apart and degrease it with brake cleaner. Or replace it which is a much better option.
Well Cowboy23 whether the owners manual instruction states not to oil the trigger mechanism or to oil shouldn’t cause parts to seize up in a firearm. Oil will get into the trigger mechanism when cleaning the bore. Yes oil can gum up the works, but not fuse the parts up. Well this trouble is behind me now and I now have a better firearm with the Timney trigger mechanism installed.If the instructions did say to not oil the trigger I never bothered to read my instructions----I still have that original Remington 788 user instructions. In fact I never read any of my firearms user manuals............