Triggers
Jewell Trigger Improvement Tips...
First... get a clean white towel (please avoid
taking the nice new bathroom towel with your bride's name on it to use for
this operation....trust me here, guys!)
Lay your grit-filled trigger on your clean white towel (You can see the little
parts better a white towel... just a tip from the trades) as it will help to
keep all the parts from bouncing underneath your workbench.
Next.... You must use a proper fitting Phillip screw driver (I bought a Husky
Pro #544-572 #1 tip Phillips screwdriver from Home Depot that fits the screws
in the Jewell perfectly, this is extremely
important, so you don't turn your Jewell BR
trigger phillips-heads into allen-head screws!) and take the trigger
completely apart apart and clean it with Lacquer Thinner (also available at
HD, if I didn't already buy it all!)
Please take note to see if your trigger hanger came off your trigger with SOME
drag or tighlty (Most do!), it is caused by 1 of the small Phillips screws
slightly protruding above the surface of the top trigger-plate, which causes
rubbing on the inside of the trigger-hanger). If left unchecked, this
protruding phillips screw may cause your trigger plate to slightly pinch and
bind your top-lever of your trigger, just a tiny amount, to cause drag, which
creates poor ignition (big damn groups!).
This can be fixed, if you carefully hold the screw and rub it on some 600-800
grit metal sandpaper, attached to a flat-surface (kitchen counter top is ideal
surface.... especially if your less than BR understanding wife is over at her
mother's house!) with some double-sided tape. Lightly sand just enough to
de-burr the the top of the phillip screw, so when you put your trigger back
togther the trigger hanger EASILY slides over the side-plates of your trigger.
Aaaaahhh Nice!!
It's probably important now to tell you to please take care to not lose the
small spring behind the trigger shoe when you remove it from the dowel pin
that holds it in place. (If anyone should need replacment
Jewell trigger spring, please feel free to call
Joe Krupa to have him ship you one, at N/C, as I have given him at least 11
replacement springs and misc. Jewell
parts...over the last 2 years....%$#@!)
If you're unsure of the state of the operation of your
Jewell BR trigger and its effect on your iginition, look at the inside
of each side plate. If you are seeing deep radius scratch/drag marks, from
where the top-lever is rubbing, this is definetly NOT helping your guns agging
potential!! I humbly believe my advice could very much improve your ignition,
through eliminating some unexplained lost and stupid shots out of your groups!
Next, HAND polish (no rasp file needed here, guys!) the inside trigger
side-plates and top lever with Flitz (available at better stores everywhere,
but never close to your house...?) on a polishing cloth, wrapped on a piece of
flat bar-stock (or get a piece of glass-plate and LIGHTLY rub the side plates
on a polishing cloth (with Flitz) laid on top of the glass plate. This will
make your Jewell side-plates silky smooth! (and
also make huge mess!). Note, this VERY important as your cocking piece on your
bolt is pressing the top lever in your trigger slightly to the left, as your
bolt is being cocked. Polishing the side plates of the inside of your triggers
will reduce the friction from the force of the cocking piece and promote
quicker lock-time/ignition... Also check your internal small levers and the
top lever for burs, again, LIGHTLY polish with Flitz... (Show sponsor, what
can I say?)
THOROUGHLY clean with Lacquer Thinner (while beling very careful not to spill
the whole damn can of Lacquer Thinner while neck-turning at 3:00AM (are you
listening Allen Tucker?)on the nice, new Cherry finished Desk in your hotel
room (Please e-mail me for a picture), and removing ALL of the beautiful
Cherry finish, like room #726 at the lovely new Holiday Inn Suites Hotel, in
Charlottesville, VA (That's another story we'll save for later on....)
Anyway, once you have thoroughly cleaned all of the parts, take some LIGHT
oil, yes, I said oil, NOT lighter fluid..... Tom Meridith's new TM oil is
perfect! (Potential show sponsor)) and VERY LIGHTLY coat both sides of all of
the trigger parts with oil and put it back together, CAREFULLY (being careful
not to have any left-over parts!) The diagram that came with your trigger is
easy, even for me, to follow (I like pictures!)
Take a minute to test your new super-slick trigger, before you put it back in
your gun, to ensure the top-lever drops with no resistance or dragging when
you press gently on the trigger!
Not trying to open Pandora's box here.... but, some of todays scope problems
can be amazingly fixed with better ignition derived from a proper working
trigger!
Replace back in your BR rifle. You may possibly need to make only a slight
adjustment to the pull weight... Now go out and win some 2-guns with your
improved Jewell Trigger!
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Jack Neary