We finally got our hands on one of the mysterious Remington 700 Alpha 1 Hunter rifles and put it to the test. ... Trigger: Timney Elite Hunter, straight shoe, 2 pounds, 9 ounces (measured) Barrel: 1:8 ...

Introduced in 1962, the Remington Model 700 was an improvement and replacement of Remington’s successful Model 721 series, produced from 1948 to 1961. ... Timney trigger and McMillan stock.

VELOCITY/Courtesy. Phoenix, AZ, — Velocity Triggers has added an American made, drop-in trigger assembly that will fit all Remington Model 700 actions.

Case: Timney's two-stage trigger a breakthrough for rifles. February 25, 2016 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated February 25, 2016 at 12:51 a.m.

An adjustable Timney trigger will be a standard feature. It retains Remington's two-position safety. As with the previous Model 700, the bolt will open with the safety on.

Remington has for years been fighting accusations the triggers on the rifles are faulty, and that because of a design defect the Model 700 can fire inadvertently without the trigger being pulled.

Under the settlement, Remington plans to replace the triggers with "connectorless" mechanisms—a similar fix to one Walker himself proposed in 1948. Walker died in 2013 at age 101.