Accutrigger help

Slipery

Slipery

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Hey Everyone!

So I have owned a Savage FV for about half a year, and I have never bothered adjusting the trigger because I have always found it fantastic. Today I thought I might as well look at it and see if I could get it any lighter.

Well, I adjusted it to its lightest, and I was looking at the pictures in my manual and online. My accutrigger now looks a bit different then all of the pictures because my spring is extended below that steel (?) little loop that the bottom of the accutrigger spring seems to be resting in in all of the other pictures.

Does anyone know if this is normal for the spring to be extended below this loop? It also is not bunching up in the bottom (right above the loop) like it should be, it is just unravelling the spring to it's full length?

Thanks



Tightened to the max


The inside when tightened to the max


Loosened the the max.. The spring is sticking out the bottom, I haven't seen this in any other pictures??
 
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Ummm yeah.......... Mine (12FVSS) doesn't do that. You may have overtightened the screw and the spring slipped by.
 
Slipery,

That's exactly the way it's supposed to look/work.
Check your owners manual, if you have one, and you'll see the same representations of lightest & heaviest pull.

The smaller diameter portion of the spring is wound to approximate a 10-24 thread, riding in and out of the threads below the fatter portion of the spring.

Nothing wrong with your gun.
There are posts elsewhere on modifying your spring(s) for lighter pull than the stock AccuTrigger affords.
 
A scan from the MarkI/II/93 manual - AccuTrigger models.
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Savage doesn't have the rimfire AccuTrigger manuals available on their site, only the pre-AccuTrigger rimfires, it seems.
Anyway, as you can see from the manual scan, your trigger is as it should be.

AccuTrigger.jpg
 
Ahhh, I was looking at the manual from my brother's Savage 10FP, which is why I was confused. Thanks for clearing it up everyone.. Just picked up an RCBS Premium Trigger Pull scale, and the trigger is at about 2.75 pounds (didn't figure it out in ounces). Not bad.

Thanks everyone
 
I believe my manual recommended banging the butt on the ground (unloaded of course), so long as tthe trigger doesn't click, go as light as you want. I have a model 12fvss, of course it's a little different, being centerfire, but still a good idea to check and make sure it's not so light to go off on it's own.
 
With the spring set at its lightest setting- take some Firewire or Spiderwire superline and tie three of the coils together in two or three places (ie- compress three coils, reducing the k-value of the spring)- then try the pull. If it's too light and trips when you close the bolt, try again but this time only compressing two coils). Worked well for me.
 
grynerfan2 said:
Unfortunately, the rimfire Accutrigger isn't as nice a piece of work as the centerfire. Nice, nonetheless.
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I don't know. If you cut off some of the big part of the spring, you can get the pull down to under a pound. I have it done with mine and love it. Most people cut off between 1-1 1/2 of the coils on the big part of the spring. Take off a little at a time testing as you go. Do a search and you'll find it here or on rimfirecentral.
 
Cutting the coils voids your warranty, if ever you figure you might like to take advantage of it.

Tying coils together is totally reversible, however annual replacement of the line as it creeps takes 10 minutes... so, cutting is less work in the long run.
 
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