CUSTOM AFTERMARKET ACCESSORIES
By les voth
These are pieces of triggers that I’ve recently been set to fix. Some people attempt to customize aftermarket accessories, and some use a bigger hammer.
It appears as though the owner of the Bix’n Andy 700 Competition trigger in the top picture tried to reshape the top sear. The top sear that is in the trigger is shaped the way it is supposed to be shaped. The one to the right of it has been scalloped back where it is supposed to come in contact with the rifle’s cocking piece.
If you scallop the top of the top sear like this, you have far less contact with the cocking piece, which can lead to inconsistencies in ignition. Not a good idea.
The broken shoe in the bottom picture is one of three I’ve received this year. Usually it is the result of a dropped barrelled action, but there are/were a couple of things pointing to something else.
First, the shoe isn’t malformed at all. Most shoes that break because of a dropped barrelled action curl in more. Some fold right over, depending on the weight of the barrelled action.
By the time I thought to take a picture of this broken shoe, I’d already removed the sear adjustment screw, so you can’t see it here. But the sear adjustment screw was turned almost all the way to the point of jamming the shoe. If someone tried to move the shoe with any force, then, it could snap off the tip of the shoe.
While there are many aftermarket accessories that need some adjustment so they can/will function as desired, Bix’n Andy 700 Competition triggers function perfectly without wrenching, filing, hammering on them one way or another.
Just sayin’