TriggerTech - Diamond Trigger - Remington 700

Clones only. On a factory Remington 700 the bolt release lever lives on the trigger and works the bolt catch in the receiver; the Diamond has no bolt release, so TriggerTech offers it for Remington 700 clone actions that carry their own release on the receiver. TriggerTech also says the Diamond only operates reliably on a properly timed action, where the firing pin assembly meets the trigger sear as the bolt closes rather than during the bolt throw. If you have a factory Remington 700, the TriggerTech Special ordered With Bolt Release is the one to buy instead. This listing is the standard side-safety Diamond; TriggerTech also makes a separate bottom-safety Diamond for cloned actions that need one, which is a different product.

All three levers are PVD black and the trigger underneath is the same. Traditional Curved has the bend and vertical grooves TriggerTech uses on its hunting and everyday triggers. Flat Straight has a small locator nub and edges that are neither round nor sharp; moving your finger up or down the lever changes the effective pull. Pro Curved keeps the curved profile but has a flat face, which TriggerTech developed from Team Surgeon feedback so the shooter can feel whether the pull is straight back. It is the lever TriggerTech introduced with the Diamond for competition.

With the rifle unloaded, put the supplied 5/64" Allen wrench into the set screw on the bottom of the trigger. Clockwise increases pull weight, counter-clockwise reduces it, in clicks: about 0.2 oz per click from under 4 oz to about 9 oz, then about 1 oz per click from about 9 oz to 32 oz. Keep at least three clicks engaged so the screw cannot fall out, and repeat the safety checks in the manual before firing live ammunition. TriggerTech recommends running the trigger at or above the factory setting until you have some time on it.

The measured weight depends on three things: the firing pin spring, the engagement geometry (fixed by TriggerTech) and the adjustment spring you set. A heavier than factory firing pin spring pushes the whole range up, and TriggerTech notes that pull weight varies between actions. A gradual change of up to 6 oz or 15 percent as the parts wear in is normal; a sudden change is not, and the trigger should come out of service and go to TriggerTech.

No oil. The trigger is designed to run dry, and TriggerTech asks that gun oil and cleaning products be kept away from it; if it is contaminated, flush it with lighter fluid and blow it out with compressed air rather than opening the housing. Two things TriggerTech names as damaging: a pierced primer or overpressure event, and closing the bolt on an untimed action, which hammers the cocking piece into the sear. Dry cycling an untimed action wears it faster than live rounds do, and the Diamond is sold only for properly timed actions.