That's an adhesive to keep the factory trigger setting. Tamper with it at your own risk.
Well the online manual says it’s adjustable if it was made in 2008 or later. I’m not sure if there’s a visible distinction to help me determine if my rifle falls into that category. My record keeping has since improved, but I don’t recall when I purchased the rifle.
Thanks, but only seems to work for older M70’s. As I tried searching online, it seemed the consensus was the only way to get a date for a rifle made after 1992 was to call Winchester.
That’s way too tight. I take mine apart for each complete cleaning session after hunting season.
Strange thing is, it goes back together easily (I would say appropriately snugly but easily). It don’t know if the angle of pulling it apart, but disassembly is a bear each time, but the front lug and stock slide together nicely when reassembling.
You may be right. So far everything has checked out from a torque and appearance perspective.
Just a couple of things to check 1, that the front scope base screw is not too long it may be bottoming out on the barrel threads. 2 that the magazine box has some up & down play when the action screws are tight, if it is tight it may be affecting the bedding, the rifle should group irregardless of the heavy trigger, change the scope, shoot it off bags not lead sled, if all else fails bore scope the barrel , there is no rifle that can not be fixed with a new bbl weather it is worth the cost is up to you, a mod 70 is a nice rifle a 24-25 inch 1-9 twist Douglas , Shillen, or Pac nor should fix it.
Yes that is Loc Tight or something. I just scraped it off carefully with a screwdriver. That should be the adjustment screw. You back it out i believe to lighten the trigger. Certainly if you would consider a 2 pound replacement, why not back that screw out and try it? I doubt you will get it down to 2 pounds. I did this on my 375 H&H about 7 or 8 years ago so may not remember exactly but I think I ended up taking the screw out all the way.
I was aware of the potential for a front base screw being too long when I installed these bases, so I’m confident that isn’t an issue.
All this trigger adjustment advice is not good, do not fiddle with the adjustments unless you know what you are doing, if you can not handle a hunting rifles trigger at about 3 lbs get a new hobby. the rifle must be safe at the expense of accuracy for all the people around you.
I’m on my second scope on the rifle, and the results are the same.
This certainly isn’t bad advice, thanks. To be fair, the newer Model 70’s have adjustable triggers and the manual describes how to adjust. I’m still learning the inner workings of this rifle, obviously. So I’m trying to work slowly and research multiple sources.
How did the inletting look around the mag box and action screws?
Also around the recoil lug, is it deep enough?
Why? If you read my earlier post, every Winchester of that era that I own has a trigger set at about 5 pounds. On my 375 I had to completely remove the screw to get it down to 3 pounds. It won't go lower. 5 pounds makes it difficult to hold on target when pulling that hard on the trigger. Lots of rifles out in the field at 3 pounds and lighter.
Nothing appeared wrong, but I’m not sure what a good or bad inletting job would look like. I think I need to find a competent gunsmith to look over the rifle to see if there’s anything out of spec.
