The three-lever mechanism of Browning’s Feather Trigger inherently reduces perceived pull weight. As the trigger is pulled from rest (1), it pushes the trigger sear forward (2) until the bolt sear is released and the action fires (3).

From the box, the mirror-like finish on its internal components offers as much as a 40-percent lower out-of-the-box pull weight than the previous Model 700 trigger design. It's one of the most crisp breaks I've ever felt on any rifle. It is also 100 percent adjustable for pull weight "by a qualified gunsmith," according to Remington.

The X-Mark Pro is standard equipment for this year on select Model 700 and Model Seven rifles and will doubtless be extended throughout both lines in coming seasons, but the most important fact about the new trigger system may be this: It is completely retro-fittable into any existing Model 700 or Model Seven rifle, right-hand or left-hand, all the way back to their original year of introduction. Remington won't sell the X-Mark Pro as an accessory to ordinary customers, but it will be available to certified gunsmiths, and Remington officially recommends you send your rifle to an authorized Remington service location. A nationwide list is available on the Remington website. I'm going to put the new system into just about every Model 700 and Model Seven I own; and I own a lot of them.

Ruger LC6
Ruger's non-adjustable new LC6 trigger for its Model 77 rifle series parallels Remington's approach in that it is not a completely new design but rather a refined re-engineering of the traditional Model 77 trigger, which has been both respected for its stability and despised for its feel by a generation of rifle shooters.

Much more crisp and creep-free than any previous Ruger trigger, the LC6 weighs in at a clean 5 pounds and is a product of new manufacturing techniques made possible by Ruger's ongoing factory improvements. A redesign of some of the internal components results in changed interface angles, so the trigger and sear surfaces mate with less friction. Plus, the grind on the mating surfaces is now done in a different direction. The machining used to be across the surfaces that mated, whereas now it is in the direction of movement. The result is the best trigger Ruger has ever produced, and it is already making many gunsmiths weep for their loss of business in doing trigger jobs on Ruger Model 77 rifles.

Savage AccuTrigger
The Savage Arms AccuTrigger forever changed shooters' expectation for commercial store-bought rifle triggers. It is absolutely crisp and creep-free. It is easily user-adjustable. And it is absolutely safe. It won't fire, even at its lightest setting, even with the manual safety disengaged, no matter how hard it is bumped or slammed, even if you throw it from the top of a 20-foot forklift onto a concrete floor, which is exactly what Savage Arms CEO Ron Coburn did to prove it worked before authorizing its production.