I hear ya, pretty much scrap from what getI somewhat agree with GenePoole. I owned one rifle with an X Mark. New it broke at 6 lbs and I couldn't adjust it under 5 lbs.
I have heard stories that they can be reworked by a few smiths but why waste money when you can get an after market for the price of reworking the X Mark? The biggest problem I've seen with them is they are encased in epoxy. I can't blame Remington for that after what was done to them over the last triggers.
A Remington 700 chambered in 270 Winchester that I owned had a Remington moment and fired through my wall with the safety on don’t make that mistake replace it!!!Has anyone messed with the x mark? Is it worth messing with ? My smith has half a box of them he has replaced ,offered to give them to me as he hates them
Make sure Ya' chunk it way out in the weeds, so ya' don't hit it with the lawn mower!Probably best painted green and dropped in long grass...
Has Remington replaced these with new and improved?Ive jerked a box full of them out but the ones ive messed with worked very nice. Never an issue with repeatability and always worked well on budget hunting rifles
OP,
Your best option for any of the MIM'd/JUNK Remington X Mark trigger groups is to scientifically place them on a hard surface & compact them with an accelerated 4Lb drilling hammer & dispose of them.
Those that are "happy" with what they have are the ones that buy their 700 on sale for 375.00 with a 50.00 rebate, put a bushnell 3-9 scope on it, shoot it a dozen times at the range till they're recoil shy, hunt with it and wound three animals until they get lucky and miss one in a lethal spot. Those are the ones that are happy with their X-Pro. Go to a gun store after hunting season and the rack is full of these.The first modification every owner of a Remington 700 wants is to get rid of the trigger. But, some are happy with what they have, not knowing what a "good" trigger feels like and what it can do for their shooting/connecting on target.
Since they are so cheap and I have the old drilling/ reaming fixture for converting early 700 triggers to 3 levers , I just started evaluating the parts and the new design of the 3rd lever .
It's not worth the effort with today's many great triggers available , but I just like tinkering .
OP,
Your best option for any of the MIM'd/JUNK Remington X Mark trigger groups is to scientifically place them on a hard surface & compact them with an accelerated 4Lb drilling hammer & dispose of them.