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Offline mag41vance

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Travel vs creep
« on: June 16, 2004, 01:39:21 AM »
I bought a New CZ 452 Varmint 22lr, and the trigger has quite a bit of travel in it. I haven't noticed any creep just travel.
  What can be done to get the travel out of it?
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Travel vs creep
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2004, 08:39:40 AM »
"Creep" is the amount of trigger movement before the firing pin drops, "overtravel" is the movement after the firing pin drops. Get a Brooky trigger kit at www.cz452.com   It comes with 4 trigger springs and 2 spacers. The spacers reduce creep and the springs allow for lighter trigger pull.
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2004, 01:20:37 PM »
Brownell's sells an adjustable sear made by Automated Solutions for the 454. I put one in my rifle and the result is no creep, no overtravel. You need the different springs to change trigger pull, though.

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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2004, 01:40:15 PM »
The AS CZ452 sear is available direct from AS for $10 less than Brownell's and there's no shipping charge!

http://webpages.charter.net/bradtompkins/prod02.htm
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2004, 03:21:03 AM »
There are directions in the manual for adjusting the trigger. Each of the 4(?) screws has a purpose, and you need to spend some time understanding them.  Beware that when you make an adjustment that you need to test the gun for safety: i.e., that you haven't induced a situation in which the hammer falls unless the trigger is pulled as for intended use.  

One (strong) recommendation: degrease the screw you adjust and then loc-tite it with blue loctite or a similar product suitable for guns.  The trigger adjustment screws on the CZs, not just the rimfires but the centerfires too, readjust themselves so that creep will return after many rounds if you don't loctite it.  You will need to remove the stock to expose the screws. The job is simple. While you're at it, degrease and loctite the stock screws too.

You probably don't need the other products offered in these responses.

I have adjusted our two 452s' triggers to perfection with the stock trigger and I believe you can too.
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2004, 05:29:39 AM »
Here's a web site that will show just about everything there is to know about the CZ452 trigger.

http://chatrifleclub.org/projects/cz452mods.html
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