Gun trigger bent? Suggestions?

[Ramem7mm]

Just get a new trigger. Not worth it to fail in either a safety aspect or ruin a hunt. Neither would be worth it.

 

[TaperPin]

Aren’t those dents the correct shape and location for it to be from the firing pin cocking piece on the bolt rotating HARD? What would rotate it hard enough to bend the trigger housing? My money is on the dude that pulled the barrel having a weird setup that allowed the trigger or bolt to contact the bench and the 3’ cheater bar or 3/4” impact did the damage. I imagine there’s tell tail signs in the slot the trigger fits into and or the bolt. Hopefully the slot wasn’t spread open or bolt handle bent.

I call those “brown bottle gunsmithing marks.”

I’d also check the bolt to make sure the bolt handle isn’t soldered on incorrectly and rather than bottoming out the root of the bolt handle on the receiver when chambering a round it’s binding on the firing pin cocking piece forcing it sideways into the trigger housing every time a cartridge is chambered. Using a replacement bolt from another rifle, or custom third party bolt, or retiming a factory bolt sounds easy and looks easy on paper, but has to be done correctly.

 

[DapperDan]

Did you buy the rifle new? You said it was custom but I didn't read if it had a previous owner.

Yes it had a previous owner. I trust the previous owner 100% more than I trust the builder of the gun (GA Precision). The guy has forgotten more about rifles than I could imagine learning.


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[DapperDan]

If that rifle was dropping the hammer unintentionally I’d lose all confidence in its ability to be handled safely in the field. A new trigger is a small price to pay for the piece of mind

All my Remington’s wear triggertechs

I’m kinda leaning towards this outcome.


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[DapperDan]

Aren’t those dents the correct shape and location for it to be from the firing pin cocking piece on the bolt rotating HARD? What would rotate it hard enough to bend the trigger housing? My money is on the dude that pulled the barrel having a weird setup that allowed the trigger or bolt to contact the bench and the 3’ cheater bar or 3/4” impact did the damage. I imagine there’s tell tail signs in the slot the trigger fits into and or the bolt. Hopefully the slot wasn’t spread open or bolt handle bent.

I call those “brown bottle gunsmithing marks.”

I’d also check the bolt to make sure the bolt handle isn’t soldered on incorrectly and rather than bottoming out the root of the bolt handle on the receiver when chambering a round it’s binding on the firing pin cocking piece forcing it sideways into the trigger housing every time a cartridge is chambered. Using a replacement bolt from another rifle, or custom third party bolt, or retiming a factory bolt sounds easy and looks easy on paper, but has to be done correctly.

No marks or any signs of contact on the bolt anywhere I could find. The action is a surgeon action from GA Precision so I highly doubt they did anything out of the norm. Bottom of the action looks pristine. And this gun was shooting .10” MOA last time it was fired by my wife. She’s low on hand loads so this was her first shot. Made a 1 click adjustment and it hit the other side of the horizontal line. Made an adjustment back and she sent it through the original hole. . Good enough for me!

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[Boarmaster]

I’m kinda leaning towards this outcome.


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Good idea.