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Back so long ago I am a little fuzzy on the details, a buddy told me he could adjust the trigger on a 788 I had...which I understand has pretty much the same setup as the 581. He managed to break the little stud off that the trigger mounts to - probably while trying to drive the pin in our out.

With my father-in-laws help, we drilled and tapped the receiver and fashioned a new mount for the trigger that fastened to the receiver with screws. Worked just fine from there.

 

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I did some more checking on the net and found this is a problem on the 788 also. It appears that experienced gunsmiths have had the stud break off. One guy had a broken stud after having trigger work done by a smith. He found out the stud was broken after removing the action from the stock to try and figure out why the rifle would go off when he engaged the safety. I think the epoxy is out of the question, I don't want to take any chances. I'm still not sure what I will do.

Maybe buy a CZ?

If you are good with your hands or know a good smith, I think I would try the idea stated above....drill and tap for a small bolt that can be used to mount the trigger assembly.

As far as buying a CZ goes, not a bad idea at all....I didn't know CZ existed until about a year and a half ago. Now I own four - model 452 - and thinking I may need another one or two. Terrific value for the money. :bthumb: