Question on Stevens trigger

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I looosened the trigger weight screw on my stevens and was wondering if I have to adjust the sear engament as well or can I just leave it? I tested the gun with the saftey on and did the bang test on the gun did not fire. The trigger also has no creep so Im thinking its better not to touch :confused:

Cheers!!
 
I fiddled with my Stevens trigger quite a bit when i first got it, and I found the creep adjustment to not do much of anything for the trigger pull anyways. the only problem i encountered was if I cranked it down as far as it would practically go, the safety switch would not work. with that set up you'll never get it to break over as cleanly as a a nice expensive trigger, but i have no complaints about mine.
So yah, I would just leave it alone.
 
there is a safety engagement adjustment screw that you might need to futz with.

These triggers are quite easy to modify, there are basically 4 screws. 2 adjust the limits of the trigger travel - creep & overtravel. Then there's the safety adjust. And the spring tension screw which is self-explanitory.

Take the entire trigger apart, and toss it in your brass tumbler overnight for a nice shiny polish on the moving bits. Tweak the travel screws for an extremely short trigger pull with no creep or overtravel. Then adjust the safety so that it works, and loctite all screws. Lastly, adjust the tension as low as you can without getting slamfires, and work the bolt & dry fire a couple hundred times to make sure everything is all good. It takes an hour's effort to get these things down to around 3lbs - which is as light as you can really go with this design. A good smith might be able to get a bit more by stoning the engaging faces, or altering angles - and glassy-smooth.
 
scott_r said:
I looosened the trigger weight screw on my stevens and was wondering if I have to adjust the sear engament as well or can I just leave it? I tested the gun with the saftey on and did the bang test on the gun did not fire. The trigger also has no creep so Im thinking its better not to touch :confused:

Cheers!!
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The Stevens 200 trigger has no sear adjustment but the pre- accutrigger model Savages do.
 
Another thing to be careful of is that the hardened surface is very thin on these parts and any stoning could easily go through this. In general removing material is not recommended on this design except by a knowledgeable smith who can "re-harden" the parts afterward.

If prosper's advice doesn't give results you are happy with, just stick in an aftermarket trigger such as the rifle basix or SSS models.
 
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