opinions on RPR replacement triggers

[Deleted old_dood]

anyone have experience with Timney or Jard?

 

[Evan]

I have a timney on mine. It's an improvement on the stock trigger and was worth the money to me for the more consistent break behavior, but it is emphatically NOT a benchrest grade trigger and isn't in the same league as jewels and such.

 

[dickn52]

Timney in both of mine.

 

[mikehotel]

I agree with Evan

 

[F Class John]

I’ve used both on three different RPRs I owned and my preference was the Jard but it’s also more of the kind of trigger I prefer. Timney is great too. Can’t go wrong with either but they are two different feeling triggers in my opinion.
Both are adjustable (albeit differently in how they do it) and go pretty low for what they are but as others said they’ll never replace my Bix.

 

[mchees1]

I put a Timney on my 6.5 Creedmoor RPR and group size was reduced immediately. Also very easy job to replace the trigger. For me it was definitely worth the upgrade.

 

[Deleted old_dood]

I have a timney on mine. It's an improvement on the stock trigger and was worth the money to me for the more consistent break behavior, but it is emphatically NOT a benchrest grade trigger and isn't in the same league as jewels and such.

I realize that. I shoot off bipods with rear bag...no rest. I was hoping to get down to about 12-16 oz. My other two rifles are Savages. One has the RB Sav2 adjusted to a very clean break at 6 oz. The other has the factory red blade trigger which works quite well at 8-10 oz so I'm not looking for a 2 oz trigger. Are there any issues with creep or over travel that can't be adjusted out?

 

[Deleted old_dood]

I’ve used both on three different RPRs I owned and my preference was the Jard but it’s also more of the kind of trigger I prefer. Timney is great too. Can’t go wrong with either but they are two different feeling triggers in my opinion.
Both are adjustable (albeit differently in how they do it) and go pretty low for what they are but as others said they’ll never replace my Bix.

with regard to the Jard, on their website they show selectable pull weights. That gave me the impression that they weren't adjustable. You state that they are. I've read that the Timney is 2 stage. Is the Jard also? what about creep/overtravel? I'd prefer a single stage.

 

[F Class John]

I only meant adjustable in the sense you can choose the weight for the Jard. I prefer single stage too which is why I liked the Jard. It’s been a little while since I sold all my RPRs but I remember them both being pretty crisp for what they are but Jard was better in my opinion but that could’ve been the single stage vs 2 stage. But that was a while ago so my memory for their feel could be a little fuzzy.

Edit: I agree with the post below, there was overtravel on the Timney. I honestly don’t remember overtravel on Jard but I’m sure there was at least a tiny amount.

 

[Evan]

I realize that. I shoot off bipods with rear bag...no rest. I was hoping to get down to about 12-16 oz. My other two rifles are Savages. One has the RB Sav2 adjusted to a very clean break at 6 oz. The other has the factory red blade trigger which works quite well at 8-10 oz so I'm not looking for a 2 oz trigger. Are there any issues with creep or over travel that can't be adjusted out?

My comments weren't about pull weight, it was more about that crisp glass break of a really good trigger when the sear releases perfectly cleanly. I've had many triggers that did that very well at everything from 1.5oz up to 1.5lbs.

Honestly, there is something about the Timney that isn't perfect. I guess it might be a bit of over travel. It just doesn't feel exactly like I want it to. I haven't played with the adjustments because I read repeatedly across the internet how folks never got theirs better than the factory set, and many screwed theirs up so far they had to send them back to be reset at the factory.