Remington 600 trigger

[Glaciers]

I have a Remington 600 vent rib in 308. Trigger is very heavy, maybe around 10 pounds or more. Nice little rifle but there is a lot of room for improvement.
My question is can the stock trigger be improved? And pretend I don't feel good about working on firearms. Well competent would be more accurate.
The option is fix it, or spend $150 for a aftermarket trigger. So help me out here.
Sighted in two of my Winchester Featherweights, the 06 has a decent trigger and the 223 bought at the same time is heavier. Have not looked to see if they are adjustable. But of the three I sighted in Sunday the Remington was heavy to the point of making decent shots very hard.

 

[Ben]

May or may not help ? ?

 

[Rick H]

10 lbs. sounds really excessive, like something is binding or filled with crud and corrosion. I would carefully take it apart and clean and debur the whole assembly, lightly lube (I use an old Brownell's moly coat process) reassemble and give it a try. Take lots of pictures as you go. That process cleaned up my two 788 Remington triggers and both are crisp and reasonable at around 4lbs.
With a 10 lb. trigger you have nothing to loose in the effort. The video gives you the clue to putting it back together (slave pins). If you mess the thing up you haven't lost anything.....10lb. triggers are next to useless.

 

[Winelover]

Sighted in two of my Winchester Featherweights, the 06 has a decent trigger and the 223 bought at the same time is heavier. Have not looked to see if they are adjustable.

The trigger on my three Classic Model 70's from the early 90's are adjustable. Two are featherweights. There is a threaded rod with a nut on it. Turn the nut in the direction you want to go. Monitoring with a trigger pull gauge. It doesn't take much.

 

[Bret4207]

My not so great memory says one of Brownells 'Gunsmith Kinks" books has a 600 specific entry on a trigger job. But my memory ain't so hot these days...

 

[JWFilips]

I have a Sportsman 78 ( not supposed to be adjustable...but I did) the Rem 700 screws are there but the adjustment is pretty crude! I monkeyed with it in the 1980's and got it to be a hair trigger & missed a bunch of woodchucks with it because it went of too fast and was not safe!
Tried it again and go something better but not dangerous

 

[Petrol & Powder]

John G - it sounds like no matter what course you take, that trigger is coming off the receiver.
It may come off and be repaired, improved and re-installed.
OR
It may come off and be replaced.

So - my advice would be to take it off, pull it apart and examine it. My guess is it has rust, crud, debris, a burr, broken spring, or something. You will not know until you pull it apart. You also will not know if you can fix it or it needs to be replaced until you pull it apart.
So don't put the cart in front of the horse. Take it apart first before you make a decision on the next step.

 

[Glaciers]

Well I think I will take my 660 over to Doug's Gun Repair. Said for $60 he would bring it down to 3 to 4 pounds. Done deal.
I'm just not comfortable working on certain things, and triggers are one. I've taken apart older Diesel engines before, but small stuff, I sometimes just get a mental block about or over think it.
Thanks for the suggestions, but, I had a rifle fire when the safety was kicked off and I need to feel confident in that it's done right and safe.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

That works too.