Trigger adjustment

sandy hicks

sandy hicks

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My Kimber 84L trigger needs some help. When I put pressure on the trigger, I get a nice scratchy slide and then the pressure increases again and the takeup stops before the rifle fires. It almost makes me think of a cheap 2 stage trigger. Do I need to adjust the sear engagement to fix this?
 
To bad your not in my area. I have a friend/gunsmith that does outstanding trigger jobs for $40. Polish's all the parts and gets it nice and light, but safe!! Your discription sounds to me like your in need of a good trigger job.
 
My area is pretty much self help in the gun dept. The local guy just retired again and will only consider guns that he built for repairs. My only choice is me or 70 miles to Charlie Sisk.
 
I have herd of people putting toothpaste (Not my recommendation) on the parts and then working the trigge until smooth. Packing your rifle up and sending it off would be worth a properly adjusted trigger imo.
I had my buddy adjusted mine and now it works great.
 
I have never worked on a Kimber trigger but if you DIY, you might just remove it and do a little polishing on the parts and smooth thing up a little. A dremel and polishing compound do wonders for a rough sear. (NOTE the word polish!!!!)
 
If this is a new rifle I would send it back and let them take a look at it. I have 5 Kimbers and not one of their triggers need polishing. Very, very crisp and easy to adjust to 2.5lbs. I consider the Kimber trigger one of the, if not the best, factory trigger available.
I guess what I'm saying is by his description of the problem there must be something internally wrong with the trigger that the factory needs to see.
 
I have a tube of flitz and a very old jar or trigger slick from brownells but I doubt that they will be used. I have a bad habit of rarely re-installing problem parts on anything. The rifle is around 5years old and has been shot very little, less than 150 rounds. I was highly disappointed in the initial accuracy tests so I stuck it in the safe. I just drug it back out to try again before sending it down the road. I will try adjusting it this weekend. I cant hurt it any.
 
Which 84L is it? Montana, Classic, Select? What caliber?

I'm sure if you are the original buyer it is still under warranty, but if it was mine I would adjust the trigger. I would first run some lighter fluid through the trigger group before I adjusted it.

As for accuracy, make sure the mag. box is slightly loose, check to make sure the front action screw is not bottoming out, and make sure the front scope mount screw isn't bottoming out. These things are easy to check and easy to fix.
 
I took a little time before getting ready for work to tinker with the trigger. A 1/4 inch wrench and a set of RCBS allen wrenches are all thats needed. What many said to be lock tite is actually red torque stripe paint to let the factory know if the trigger has been tampered with. The adjusment is easy. The rear allen screw is the sear adjustment, so I started there. After turning the screw clockwise until the sear tripped, I turned it back 1/2 turn. Then I adjusted the pull weight by loosening the 1/4 inch lock nut and loosening the pull weight 1 complete turn, then I tightened the lock nut. I re-assembled the rifle and banged the butt on my work table to make sure that the gun would not be unsafe. The trigger now breaks at a nice 29 to 30 ounces. To my surprise after banging the butt on the table the gun fires at 34 to 36 ounces. The only negative is that the safety is not as smooth, but it is still silent between safe, safe with the bolt unlocked, and fire. From safe to safe in 30 minutes. Time to load some more shells and try it out.
 
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