Browning T Bolt Trigger Adjustment

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  • calicojack

    American Sporting Rifle
    MDS Supporter
    May 29, 2018
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    Cuba on the Chesapeake
    If anybody has a recent Browning T Bolt you will notice that out of the box, the trigger pull is about 5 pounds. If you back out the adjustment screw all the way, it's about 4.5 pounds. That's a bit heavy for a target rifle. I found a video that suggested a good fix for this that is minimally invasive. It will void your warranty however. I think it's worth it. I have a video below, but, this is it in a nut shell;

    1. Back out the set screw on the trigger adjustment all the way. Remove the bolt, and use a Torx #10 to take out the action screws. Pull the barrel from the stock.
    2. Same Torx 10 to remove the trigger pack. Pulling off the trigger pack breaks a seal and voids the warranty.
    3. There are three tabs on right side of the trigger pack. Pull back the first one, and partially wedge open the cover. Unhook the remaining two while prying the left side, it will come off. The screw that holds in the trigger pack is captive but will fall out after the cover is off.
    4. Use needle nose pliers to remove the trigger spring. It comes out easily.
    5. Place a small screw driver or similar rod shape through the spring that is about the same diameter as the spring. There are two legs on the spring. Hold the short leg with the needle nose pliers. Bend the long leg around your screw driver holding the spring clockwise. Go about one half turn.
    6. Put the spring back in place by placing the long leg first, and then the short leg is pushed in place using a small blade screw driver.
    7. Put the captive screw back in place. The cover snaps back in place.
    8. The pack hooks one end back into the receiver, and the Torx 10 to snug it. Don't over tighten. All these Torx screws are like 35 inch pounds.
    9. Barrel back into the stock. Finally snug the action screws. Don't over tighten, O/W the action screw will go up inside the receiver and hit the bolt.
    10. The min pull with the set screw all the way out will be about 2.5 pounds. You can increase the load from there if you want with the set screw.

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    calicojack

    American Sporting Rifle
    MDS Supporter
    May 29, 2018
    5,448
    Cuba on the Chesapeake
    As a follow-up; the way the T Bolts are designed, if the trigger pull is less than 3.5 lbs, the bolt will come out if the rifle is on "safe". Only an issue of you want to walk around with the bolt open and the rifle on safe at the same time. So after doing this procedure, the set screw should be tightened so the trigger is at 3.5 lbs or more. Still much better than 4.5 to 5.5 lbs IMHO, which is the trigger pull range out of the box.
     

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