Coup De Grâce, New Action from American Rifle Company, $899 WOW!

[021411]

I’m late to the CDG game and honestly wanted to wait a little before I considered one. I definitely wasn’t in hurry. Anyway anyone with a lightweight version care to share how the action has been in dusty/dirty conditions? I guess standard version as well. Fares well with a dusty bolt?

 

[Boatninja]

Anyone know off hand what the firing pin diameter is? Also, has anyone gone to lower spring weight than #18?

I measure .0600 on firing pin, not sure about spring but I think there was some discussion about that earlier in this thread.
Good luck finding it.

 

[Tokay444]

I have all 3 weights offered by ARC, and have plans to shoot 100 rounds of each to see if there is any discernible difference in SD or precision on target.

 

[memilanuk]

I have all 3 weights offered by ARC, and have plans to shoot 100 rounds of each to see if there is any discernible difference in SD or precision on target.

Results by this weekend, right?

 

[Tokay444]

Results by this weekend, right?

I wanted them before now to be honest.

 

[Thebiglebowski]

I wanted them before now to be honest.

I’m curious how the cocking action feels with a #70, and whether that will have an impact on primer ignition.

 

[Tokay444]

It definitely has an impact on primer penetration.

 

[Simonsza1]

For those of you that have possibly incurred an issue with a triggertech diamond set to light. What was the issue that you experienced? What is the issue you would expect to arise if so?

 

[Thebiglebowski]

I had mine set extremely light <8oz, and if I ran it really hard(purposefully) it would cause the firing pin to release. Switched to non-pivoting and never a single issue.

 

[memilanuk]

if I ran it really hard(purposefully) it would cause the firing pin to release

'release', as in 'AD', or something else?

 

[srt-4_uk]

'release', as in 'AD', or something else?

Firing pin follow. Same as closing the bolt while pulling the trigger

 

[smoooth1]

Kinda frustrated with the trigger hanger on my CDG(s). Had to mill the fuck out of it to get my Calvin Elite to function.
Tried to get an ELF trigger in there, too, but wouldn’t go and looked like it needed to be milled out even more than the CE…..

Then came the light primer strikes on both factory and reloads; literally have 10 rounds fired because over half wouldn’t fire. Did have some bad Remington primers that wouldn’t fire across multiple actions, but that was only a few rounds.

Beautiful action, but I don’t have any confidence in it at this point

 

[LR1845]

Kinda frustrated with the trigger hanger on my CDG(s). Had to mill the fuck out of it to get my Calvin Elite to function.
Tried to get an ELF trigger in there, too, but wouldn’t go and looked like it needed to be milled out even more than the CE…..

Then came the light primer strikes on both factory and reloads; literally have 10 rounds fired because over half wouldn’t fire. Did have some bad Remington primers that wouldn’t fire across multiple actions, but that was only a few rounds.

Beautiful action, but I don’t have any confidence in it at this point

Ted has a video on how to adjust the trigger hanger…I had the same issue with light strikes until I watched his video.

 

[AllenOne1]

Kinda frustrated with the trigger hanger on my CDG(s). Had to mill the fuck out of it to get my Calvin Elite to function.
Tried to get an ELF trigger in there, too, but wouldn’t go and looked like it needed to be milled out even more than the CE…..

Then came the light primer strikes on both factory and reloads; literally have 10 rounds fired because over half wouldn’t fire. Did have some bad Remington primers that wouldn’t fire across multiple actions, but that was only a few rounds.

Beautiful action, but I don’t have any confidence in it at this point

Interesting, what did you have to mill on the trigger hanger to get it to work? The Calvin Elite doesn't look that much different than other Remington 700 style triggers. The ELF looks even skinnier. Are you just making room for the safety lever?

I dropped a Trigger Tech in mine and never thought anything of it. Old style trigger hanger too.

 

[LR1845]

@AllenOne1 same here, Trigger Tech and Bix N Andy no hanger issues with either one.

 

[Long Range 338]

Kinda frustrated with the trigger hanger on my CDG(s). Had to mill the fuck out of it to get my Calvin Elite to function.
Tried to get an ELF trigger in there, too, but wouldn’t go and looked like it needed to be milled out even more than the CE…..

Then came the light primer strikes on both factory and reloads; literally have 10 rounds fired because over half wouldn’t fire. Did have some bad Remington primers that wouldn’t fire across multiple actions, but that was only a few rounds.

Beautiful action, but I don’t have any confidence in it at this point

I had a client with the same light primer strike issue. He had seen the video and adjusted it what he had supposed to be correct. If you call American Rifle they will talk you thru the process and get the trigger hanger set just right. With the client they were able to quickly resolve the issue and the light strikes went away.

 

[smoooth1]

Ted has a video on how to adjust the trigger hanger…I had the same issue with light strikes until I watched his video.

Thanks. I watched the video a few times and followed the directions. I’m out of town, will probably call ARC when I get back. I got too busy to mess around with it.

Appreciate the help!

 

[smoooth1]

Interesting, what did you have to mill on the trigger hanger to get it to work? The Calvin Elite doesn't look that much different than other Remington 700 style triggers. The ELF looks even skinnier. Are you just making room for the safety lever?

I dropped a Trigger Tech in mine and never thought anything of it. Old style trigger hanger too.

Had to mill an arc for the safety lever due to the design on the Calvin Elite.

The ELF had a lot more surface area touching, as I recall; has been a couple weeks…..

I don’t own a Trigger Tech, but looking at the design, appears to be made for the CDG trigger hanger, or vice versa.

 

[Tokay444]

@AllenOne1 same here, Trigger Tech and Bix N Andy no hanger issues with either one.

And they’re the two best triggers offered…
If you have decock on close, you’re far more likely to have light strikes.