can someone tell me what this trigger is?

[Gappa]

I know it's a rem 700 old style but doesn't have a safety or bolt release. Is this what is considered a 40x and also what is the value of it?


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[CatShooter]

It is from a Remington 700 or 40XB based action, it might be one of the 2 oz triggers, since there is no safety and by the looks of it, there never was a safety.

 

[CatShooter]

It appears to be a standard 700 trigger without the safety and bolt stop. Those are parts you could add, as you would with some aftermarket triggers. Somebody along the way probably removed those parts to be used accordingly.

If it has a provision, on the bottom, for trigger spring-weight adjustment, that would be externally accessible when the trigger was installed in the complete rifle, then it would be a 40x type.

If it has two screws in the left side of the assembly, as yours is pictured, then it's a standard trigger.

The bolt stop is not part of the trigger - it is part of the action, and the 2 oz trigger does not have an adjustment on the bottom - the 2 oz looks like a normal trigger without the safety.

 

[Jeff Von Rosenberg]

Not to be disagreeable but the bolt stop is as much a part of the trigger as it is part of the action! It will not operate without the trigger uses trigger pins to hold it and is attached to side of trigger housing!!

 

[CatShooter]

Not to be disagreeable but the bolt stop is as much a part of the trigger as it is part of the action! It will not operate without the trigger uses trigger pins to hold it and is attached to side of trigger housing!!

Actually, it is NOT part of the trigger, and many Remington 40XBRs came from the factory with no release from the trigger to the bolt stop - the bolt stop was in the receiver, and needed a pick to release it.

I still shoot one.

If the bolt stop was part of the trigger, then the trigger would not function without it. You can remove the trigger completely, and the bolt stop will still function.

The bolt stop will work without the trigger, and the trigger will work without the bolt stop... ergo, the bolt release is NOT part of the trigger.

That is the same as saying that scope bases are part of the action because they are mounted on the receiver... which, of course, they are not part of the receiver.

 

[Gappa]

Uhhh the bolt release mechanism is a coupling of several parts. The bolt stop which pivots on the rear trigger pin and stays in the locked position because of a j-spring, then the release which pivots on 2 pins and slides back and forth on the outside of the trigger body.

 

[Gappa]

nobody answered my question about how much one of these is worth?

 

[Taildrag15X]

It appears to be a standard 700 trigger without the safety and bolt stop. Those are parts you could add, as you would with some aftermarket triggers. Somebody along the way probably removed those parts to be used accordingly.

If it has a provision, on the bottom, for trigger spring-weight adjustment, that would be externally accessible when the trigger was installed in the complete rifle, then it would be a 40x type.

If it has two screws in the left side of the assembly, as yours is pictured, then it's a standard trigger.

The bolt stop is not part of the trigger - it is part of the action

The bolt stop in a Remington 700 is actuated by pressing the bolt stop release lever just in front of the trigger blade. That lever is attached to the trigger housing, as is the safety.

The trigger shown has neither. As to value, it's worth what somebody will pay for it. Without the bolt stop release and safety, it's worth less. Old style triggers (like this) commonly fetch $40-$50 will ALL parts of the trigger assembly included.

Without the parts they have sold on here for $35-$40, ebay brings more.....

If you have an 700 action handy throw it in and check the pull weight and let us know.

 

[STS]

The one and only CatShooter strikes again. :

 

[Jeff Von Rosenberg]

Don't know how the bolt stop on the 40x works , but if you remove the trigger from a mod. 700 the bolt stop will fall out!The stop itself is held in place by the trigger pin and the actuating lever is attached to trigger housing. Maybe all my Remington's are Savages in disguise!

 

[SDWhirlwind]

I believe the 2oz or "3 lever" design has another pin below the rear trigger retainer pin that holds the middle lever in place? Trigger looks like a standard 700 trigger to me less the mentioned safety lever and bolt release lever which actuates the 'bolt stop' lever. Least that is what this SD nohills billy calls it!

 

[SDWhirlwind]

Here is a pretty decent pic of a factory 40-XB 2 oz trigger. Note the pin below rear mounting hole in housing. Posted for those wanting to know the difference visually and how to identify a 2 oz!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=348424150