The AccuTrigger is designed with an integrated AccuRelease, which must be completely depressed or the rifle cannot fire. While pulling the trigger, the AccuRelease is intentionally depressed, which unblocks the sear and allows the rifle to discharge.

Adjustment of the AccuTrigger is easy. Simply remove the stock and rotate the adjustment spring with the tool supplied with the rifle. The AccuTrigger has a single adjustment location and is designed so it cannot be adjusted below the minimum setting. In centerfire hunting models, muzzleloaders, the Model 40 Varmint Hunter, and most rimfire models, the AccuTrigger is adjustable from approximately 2.5 to 6 pounds. In the 12 Series Varmint, new Target, and Law Enforcement Series, the AccuTrigger is adjustable from approximately 1.5 to 6 pounds.

Winchester M.O.A.
Winchester's re-introduction this year of the classic "Pre-64" Model 70 rifle is headlined by a completely new M.O.A. trigger system, which Winchester modestly has claimed is "the most precise three-lever trigger system ever offered to sportsmen." Operating on a simple pivoting-lever principle, the trigger mechanism has been completely redesigned to exhibit absolutely zero take-up, virtually zero creep, and perceptibly zero overtravel. The pull weight is user-adjustable from 3 to 5 pounds and is factory-set at 3.75. But because of the smooth wider-than-typical trigger surface and 2:1 mechanical advantage created by the design geometry, it feels substantially less.

The actual trigger, called the "trigger piece" by Winchester, is a lever that bears against a pivoting "actuator" that supports the sear, which in turn retains the firing pin. As the trigger pushes against the actuator, the actuator is moved out of engagement with the sear, which then drops, allowing the firing pin to travel forward.

One benefit of this design is that there is zero take-up--i.e., no slack--in the system. Likewise, while there is a necessary amount of trigger movement--i.e., creep--while the actuator is pushed the distance to the point where the sear drops free, it is so slight as to be virtually imperceptible. The overtravel-adjustment screw allows you to control the amount of trigger movement and can be backed off to stop at just the exact point when the sear breaks free from the actuator so that no overtravel can be perceived. This is a remarkably efficient and clean design, housed in a solid-steel framework that makes tampering with the internal parts' engagement impossible, except for what is accessible via the two external adjustment screws. It's the trigger we all wish the Model 70 always had.