Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
More notes to myself
CYA friends:
When AD posted some computer pictures of his new V-3 XP trigger, a bunch of ideas went through my head..
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CYA friends, all the years that Ralph Bond converted the factory XP trigger to his fine 2 ounce version, he was stuck with using the factory trigger housing.
AD is not handicapped with this problem.......
I see he's already extended the housing at the rear, where the third lever pivot pin is located.......
Ralph bond had this pivot pin located as close to the rear of the housing as possible, without actually breaking through the end of the housing with the pin hole.
So AD has corrected this.......
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Also, the factory XP trigger, even some of the rifle triggers, were made from a U shaped stamping, which caused the trigger housing to sometimes collapse at the top when the trigger retaining pins were driven through, which bound up the transfer bar...
Actually, even the factory Remington triggers like for the Mod 700 rifle have this same issue.
So normal practice for installing a factory Remington trigger, is to use a small brass drift and tap the sides of the housing back in place....
You do this by removing the breech bolt which allows you to get to the top of the trigger in the tang.
AD has eliminated this by using bushings for the retaining pins to go through, like the Jewel trigger, and the FF and B&A.
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Here's some notes to myself.......I'm sure AD is fully aware of these......
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Here's the cut away view of the internals of the trigger......
In this picture it looks like the transfer bar is making contact on top of the third lever for several thousandths of an inch...
Course if you note, the tip of the third lever is not resting on top of the L shaped sear.......which is correct in the un-cocked position....
So when the bolt is brought to battery, and the tip of the third lever sits down on top of the L shaped trigger sear, only the extreme left end of the transfer bar will be making contact with the top of the third lever..
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In this picture I've redrawn the bottom of the transfer bar so as to indicate that only the extreme left end is making contact with the top of the third lever...
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In this picture I've drawn the arc that the third lever makes around the pivot pin, and the arc the transfer bar makes around its pivot pin.
I did this to illustrate, that since AD has moved the rear of the housing back, there's room to actually make the contact point of the transfer bar even closer to the arc of the third lever, which would lighten the pull weight even further than that of the original Bond trigger.
CYA friends, what I probably should do is to shut up...
I still can't believe AD is willing to do this trigger, and his V-3 XP action.....and give the world a MD-PAS center grip RFBR pistol...
So I'm still in shock........
But man, since AD is willing, and has the stuff to do it with, I'm going to keep pondering and making notes to myself, until he tells me that I've pushed too far.
I can't begin to tell you folks how cited I am about this thing.....and I ain't the only one.
Your friend, BC
CYA friends:
When AD posted some computer pictures of his new V-3 XP trigger, a bunch of ideas went through my head..
_______________________________
CYA friends, all the years that Ralph Bond converted the factory XP trigger to his fine 2 ounce version, he was stuck with using the factory trigger housing.
AD is not handicapped with this problem.......
I see he's already extended the housing at the rear, where the third lever pivot pin is located.......
Ralph bond had this pivot pin located as close to the rear of the housing as possible, without actually breaking through the end of the housing with the pin hole.
So AD has corrected this.......
___________________________
Also, the factory XP trigger, even some of the rifle triggers, were made from a U shaped stamping, which caused the trigger housing to sometimes collapse at the top when the trigger retaining pins were driven through, which bound up the transfer bar...
Actually, even the factory Remington triggers like for the Mod 700 rifle have this same issue.
So normal practice for installing a factory Remington trigger, is to use a small brass drift and tap the sides of the housing back in place....
You do this by removing the breech bolt which allows you to get to the top of the trigger in the tang.
AD has eliminated this by using bushings for the retaining pins to go through, like the Jewel trigger, and the FF and B&A.
____________________________
Here's some notes to myself.......I'm sure AD is fully aware of these......
__________________________________
Here's the cut away view of the internals of the trigger......
In this picture it looks like the transfer bar is making contact on top of the third lever for several thousandths of an inch...
Course if you note, the tip of the third lever is not resting on top of the L shaped sear.......which is correct in the un-cocked position....
So when the bolt is brought to battery, and the tip of the third lever sits down on top of the L shaped trigger sear, only the extreme left end of the transfer bar will be making contact with the top of the third lever..
__________________________________________________
In this picture I've redrawn the bottom of the transfer bar so as to indicate that only the extreme left end is making contact with the top of the third lever...
____________________________
In this picture I've drawn the arc that the third lever makes around the pivot pin, and the arc the transfer bar makes around its pivot pin.
I did this to illustrate, that since AD has moved the rear of the housing back, there's room to actually make the contact point of the transfer bar even closer to the arc of the third lever, which would lighten the pull weight even further than that of the original Bond trigger.
CYA friends, what I probably should do is to shut up...
I still can't believe AD is willing to do this trigger, and his V-3 XP action.....and give the world a MD-PAS center grip RFBR pistol...
So I'm still in shock........
But man, since AD is willing, and has the stuff to do it with, I'm going to keep pondering and making notes to myself, until he tells me that I've pushed too far.
I can't begin to tell you folks how cited I am about this thing.....and I ain't the only one.
Your friend, BC
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