I searched the net over and could not find anything on adjusting the ATR tigger, soooo I went in myself - alone. Never mind how I got this rifle, it's that time of year, subsitute you own tale. The thing I didn't like about my newest safe-filler-upper was the creepy, heavy trigger. After taking off the stock and having a look at the beast it seemed pretty simple, two screws, one for the spring weight and one for the sear engagement. COOL! Ten minute job - NOT! Enter the lawyers. Not the nice ones. The two screws are "locktited" in place and have locknuts. They have NO slots in the end for screwdrivers or flat surfaces for wrenches. I took the 1/4" locknuts off and made adjustments as appropriate - about 3/4 turn out on the spring screw (in front of the trigger) and about 1/5 turn in on the engagement screw (behind the trigger). Since I manhandled the screws with Vice-Grips (yeah - yeah, save your remarks) the locking nuts were not going back on. How did you plan on keeping the screws from re-adjusting themselves, you asked? Already stating that I'm a bit of a brute, I simply staked them in place with a healty shot from a pointed punch right where the screw threads go into housing. You also may try to find the appropriate bolts and cut them to length, re-useing the locknuts, that seems do-able.
If I catch a nice day here in central Michigan after Christmas I'll post a range report. And yeah, I do reload - in case you were wondering.
Merry Christmas!
