triggers

[3birddogs]

I have been shooting a Utica Sterlingworth 16 quite well this summer, but when I shot it yesterday, the front trigger was breaking much too easily causing the gun to fire just a little premature as I was swinging thru the clay bird. I appreciate a light trigger on a rifle but not on a shotgun. Is there any cure or adjustment for this?

[bbman3]

Yes.But a gunsmith that is familiar with adjusting trigger pulls needs to work on gun for you.Bobby

[Twice Barrel]

I have been shooting a Utica Sterlingworth 16 quite well this summer, but when I shot it yesterday, the front trigger was breaking much too easily causing the gun to fire just a little premature as I was swinging thru the clay bird. I appreciate a light trigger on a rifle but not on a shotgun. Is there any cure or adjustment for this?

If this just happened all of a sudden I would start off with a good cleaning before I sent it off to a smith. Normally I don't recommend compressed air but in this case a bit of a blow out with an aerosol can followed by a judicious lube with a water displacing lube such as Breakfree of the innards and trigger plate may solve your problem.

[mike campbell]

In putting tens of thousands of rounds through my Foxes I've have had several instances of hair-set and/or failure to set triggers. In each case the cause was debris under the triggers. The design is such that burned powder flakes have a direct entry to the internals and eventually migrate to the lowest point in the action....beneath the triggers. In one case involving a restock, it took a few hundred rounds, but a tiny wood chip found its way there, too. The good news is that the trigger plate can be removed for inspection with minimal disassembly.