Remington Express - first impressions and basic tuning / mods

[rockdrill]

The trigger is two stage, and somewhat adjustable. You need to remove 1 or 2 of the spaces washer from the first stage/engagement adjustment towards the front to get it sensible. Not a patch on a rekord/CD I'm afraid, but perfectly usable. Trigger housing is die cast, steel nut insert for main stock screw, retained with a couple of steel crosspins. Trigger was completely dry, so lubed it up.

Jon,

Regarding the trigger, I changed the normal screw for a grub screw with a lock nut - this allows far more precise setting than the washer system. While I had the trigger in bits I also polished the middle/lower sear engagement surfaces and re-assembled with a smear of moly paste. I also altered the angle on the upper surface of the trigger blade that gave a bit more first stage travel.

The overall result of this bit of work has brought the trigger to being very close to Rekord standard. I think with a better quality replacement trigger blade I think it would near equal the Rekord.

I have to say for the cost of the rifle I am very impressed with it, and with a little home tuning it is turning into a really good gun.

[Shed tuner]

Sounds like a good mod

Apparently HW blades do fit these, so a set back HW blade would be ideal...

[rockdrill]

The HW blade would need to be modified as the Express trigger axis pin is bigger in diameter.

[peddy]

The HW blade would need to be modified as the Express trigger axis pin is bigger in diameter.

And a bit needs filing off the face to get 1st stage. I did mine after reading up and it took about 30mins to complete and well worth it.

[Tony.T]

Too late to be of use if you've already bought a wood stocked version, but the Express is also available with a Synthetic stock which seems very durable and slimmer round the pistol grip. I changed the thick recoil pad for a thinner one I had lying around and that improved lop no end! As said above, fit a HW blade and you instantly get a vastly improved 2 stage trigger.

Mine was running hot, so I stripped and cleaned it out (loads of swarf inside) de-burred it and fitted a welsh willy kit. Now utterly superb. I would defy anyone to tell the difference between it and a HW now!