Remington Lee 30-40 kraig Hardest trigger in the world.

[Blindstitch]

Hi guys.

I have a Remington Lee 30-40 kraig that was given to me by my grandpa. I have had it for over a year now and it has the hardest trigger pull that I have ever seen. It's actually so hard that if feels you forgot to cock the gun and that's why it isn't going off.

I can't tell you how many pounds the trigger is but it's hard. My dad and uncle have the same gun with a nice crisp trigger and I'm wondering how I can make things smoother/lighter or where I should look. I intend to use the rifle for deer hunting and I bagged this years buck with it but it was hard. Only because of the trigger pull.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I might make it lighter or maybe problem parts that can be replaced.

I see this place has trigger, sears and springs if needed.
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Any help would be appreciated.

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[browningautorifle]

We might need some pics to show us what things look like. That would mean the small parts...to see if something's out of whack...

[Blindstitch]

How about this picture.




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I saw this picture but I can't get the spring in that position. It just wont go.

[WarPig1976]

It's fair to say you can start by checking for any burrs, dings, or bumps on the SIDES of the trigger and sear that you can remove/smooth. Same goes for the respective slots they interact with.
If it were me I'd also POLISH the trigger/sear/cocking piece contact points while I had it apart.
If that don't do it, I'd start thinking the safety isn't disengaging completely.

[Blindstitch]

There isn't a safety on this model. Just a half cock that I know of.

Searching for parts I saw Numrich had the sear/magazine spring for $5 and decided to get it along with a $5 magazine spring that I wanted to replace anyway. Total was $17 shipped which was better than the prices listed on the link I posted.

I'll polish everything up when the parts come but they don't look all that bad. Just curious if say someone used a longer than needed spring in the bolt would it create more tension causing a harder trigger pull. I haven't ever removed the spring from the bolt but I have another bolt that I removed from a fire damaged gun in case I need extra parts.

[WarPig1976]

Roger on the safety, throwing out my sop for smoothing trigger pull.

If you have another striker spring swap it, you never know and it gives you the chance to check the striker and clean the bolt.

[jmoore]

No cocking piece closeups yet, this is about all that's on file.

But your half cock notch looks huge! Would have to guess somebody's been mucking about at some point.

[browningautorifle]

Yes, the half cock notch is huge, your spring simply has to go into the correct position. Use a set of needle nose pliers to squeeze it and set it into the higher position on the sear. With it down where it is, it will give you a horrendous trigger...to be fair, it doesn't quite look like the correct spring. Looks like someone has made it from something else. In that case, it'll never be quite right.

[Blindstitch]

Jim,
I was actually thinking the spring didn't look right or possibly homemade too. When I put it in the correct position the trigger doesn't move when pulled.

This rifle was built from two sometime in the 80's and then had a hand carved stock. My grandfather was a gunsmith and I could see him building this and putting it on the gun rack waiting for the correct parts and simply forgetting about it. He had many other rifles and I bet this one was shot when completed and then not shot for 30 years till I got it.

Thanks for the help guys.

[browningautorifle]

I wonder if it will be solved when your parts arrive. Maybe you can update us then?