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Posted: 3/3/2012 9:58:00 AM EDT
This is in a Bushmaster Varminter that was bought used from a gun shop. It was very clean and the employee said that the guy who sold it to them typically buys a gun, shoots 100 rounds, and sells it to try something new. It definitely looked the case and the gun is a great shooter.. but I found out that it was supposed to have a two stage trigger, and this is the picture of one I keep finding, but is for sure not the trigger I have.
This is what I have: 
And I'm almost positive that it is the same as the one on the very bottom of the page here. The only reason I have doubt is that the sear engagement area is shaped a bit differently. On Bushmasters website they explain how to adjust the two stage trigger, but they refer to the safety selector having allen screws in it, which mine does not, but the competition one does. So to sum up, is my trigger missing the correct safety selector, or do I have an entirely different trigger? TIA. |
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From the looks of the picture of what you have and what is linked to on Bushmasters website, these look like the same two-stage trigger assemblies to me. Bushmasters are sometimes equipped with the safety selector with small allen-head set screws like in the other picture you show, so if you do not have one in your rifle and want one then I would suggest contacting Bushmaster.
CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" SLR15 Rifles TheDefensiveEdge.com (763) 712-0123 |
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From the looks of the picture of what you have and what is linked to on Bushmasters website, these look like the same two-stage trigger assemblies to me. Bushmasters are sometimes equipped with the safety selector with small allen-head set screws like in the other picture you show, so if you do not have one in your rifle and want one then I would suggest contacting Bushmaster. CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" SLR15 Rifles TheDefensiveEdge.com (763) 712-0123 ?????? I don't know what part of two separate images you missed. |
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From the looks of the picture of what you have and what is linked to on Bushmasters website, these look like the same two-stage trigger assemblies to me. Bushmasters are sometimes equipped with the safety selector with small allen-head set screws like in the other picture you show, so if you do not have one in your rifle and want one then I would suggest contacting Bushmaster. CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" SLR15 Rifles TheDefensiveEdge.com (763) 712-0123 The only reason I question it is the circled/arrowed areas between the two. I said sear engagement in my first post for some reason... I meant the first stage engagement, whatever the proper term for it is. I'll give Bushmaster a call tomorrow about the safety with the adjustment screw. I'm going to assume that this was one of the first Varminter's out as the forearm is a bit different as well, rather than three slots on the muzzle end it has two, with two small threaded holes where the middle slot usually is, and I searched tons of pictures of them and have never seen it before. 
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Just got off the phone with Bushmaster and he says that it is the correct trigger in there, that it is not supposed to be adjustable. Opposite what I am reading everywhere on the internet, as well as what is posted here on arfcom by Bushmaster.
I would have just taken his word for it, as I have been under the impression that this was one of the first ones out and maybe they used a different trigger then... but then he told me that the manufacturing date for the serial number was the first half of 2011 and the gun was purchased in May 2011 used, so thats why it was so clean...  There is nothing wrong with the current trigger, I'm just a bit curious about it all. 
He also said that the forearm is correct, and is just a variation that use depending on suppliers stock. I've never seen it before: 
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Just got off the phone with Bushmaster and he says that it is the correct trigger in there, that it is not supposed to be adjustable. Opposite what I am reading everywhere on the internet, as well as what is posted here on arfcom by Bushmaster. I would have just taken his word for it, as I have been under the impression that this was one of the first ones out and maybe they used a different trigger then... but then he told me that the manufacturing date for the serial number was the first half of 2011 and the gun was purchased in May 2011 used, so thats why it was so clean... There is nothing wrong with the current trigger, I'm just a bit curious about it all.
He also said that the forearm is correct, and is just a variation that use depending on suppliers stock. I've never seen it before: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Udv79g5nrM8/T1UCm8GusOI/AAAAAAAACxM/oCiGKbNy-Ks/s1024/DSC_0291.JPG Interesting. A non adjustable FCG with set screws. What will someone think up next? |
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Interesting. A non adjustable FCG with set screws. What will someone think up next? I don't have set screws, that was the reason for me calling. I assumed that I had an adjustable trigger but was missing the safety selector with the set screws. As it turns out, it is not adjustable. |
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