Mod.70 fires when releasing safety

Have a Winchester Mod 70, rifle that is about 12 years old, with the pre 64 action, claw extractor. Had the trigger adjusted years ago, now all of a sudden when moving the safety from safe to fire the gun discharges. It only happens once in a while. I checked the trigger mechanism, all the nuts,etc are tight. Any suggestions? Hunting season coming up!

Take it to a gunsmith pronto. Sounds like the person who did your trigger job has taken too much off the sear engagement.

It's broken. Take it to a gunsmith. Or, eventually kill somebody with it. Dave Remy, Chesty and Tustin (GSPs) and Mauser (GSD) http://www.geocities.com/shrthair Earth First! We can Hunt the other planets later.

Yup, take it to a real gunsmith - better yet, a real gunsmith who understands rifles - for repair, adjustment, or readjustment. Good hunting!

My model 721 Remington started doing that. It happened when I forgot the safety was on, and I squeezed the trigger. Then, when I moved the safety to 'off' it would fire. (Rather disconcerting.) My gunsmith said that the trigger was adjusted too loosely, and that the sear would let loose, and was held back by the blocking action of the safety mechanism, which would then let go and fire. In other words, the adjustment was past the 'slop' in the factory trigger. I would suggest a Timney trigger for that gun if you are going to run the trigger pull real light. It lacks the built in slop that a factory model has, and is adjustable for creep, and weight. Note that I suggest Timney, but it is the only 'custom' trigger I have used. I am sure others are good too.

I have a Jewell trigger in a custom built .300 Win Mag. Like the Timney, it's fully adjustable and a joy to use. I like to have about two pounds of trigger pull and this one breaks cleanly without creep or backlash. It's nice to know that when I put my finger on the trigger and pull, that bullet is going to the target NOW! No guessing as the trigger is pulled. But a light trigger isn't for everyone and it's nice to have the trigger adjustable.

A good solution for those who like a light but reliable trigger for Remingtons can be a Kepplinger single set trigger. Brownell's sells them. Their system keeps the normal adjustments for the 721/722 and 700 trigger group. What you get is a trigger to replace the original. The set mechanism is built into the trigger itself and has its own adjustment screw. If you don't have more than the standard number of thumbs you can change them out at home.

The advantage is that you can leave the normal trigger pull set at a safe level and shoot with it if you want to. Say 2 1/2 to 4 pounds. Push the trigger forward and it converts to ounces of pull. To unset it simply lift the bolt handle and trip the trigger. Or put the safety on and trip it. Then it goes back to normal weight.

The last one I bought, a few weeks ago, listed at $108 + postage. I ordered it by phone on a thursday evening and it came by mail on monday.

My next set trigger is going to be by Canjar to go on a Winchester Featherweight 70. It will take longer to get it and cost more than the Kepplinger. But I LOVE those set triggers. Canjar lists the Mod.70 at $185 but my Featherweight 6.5x55 is crying for one.

Bill Van Houten (USA Ret)

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Thanks for all the replies, I left the rifle at the gunsmith, will have it back on the 20th, will let you guys know.................