Accutrigger or not?

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I'm considering a Savage as my new hunting rifle & their website is promoting their accutrigger pretty strongly...

What's the scoop? Good system? Iffy? Break too easy? Durable? :confused:

I'm not entirely sure if it's a feature I'm interested in yet, so I figured I'd ask those who have more practical experience with it.

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I found it better than their regular trigger, but still not as good as the Sako/Tikka or Kimber trigger. But if you are buying a savage, its a step up from their regular one.
 
Well for starters it's very safe. If you are mostly going to be bench rest shooting then it is very nice as you can reduce the pull weight to exactly what you want it to be (or increase it for that matter). I didn't really care for it all that much when wearing heavy gloves but then I don't really like any trigger when I'm wearing thick gloves. There isn't any over travel or creep with these triggers either.

If you get a savage with a regular trigger though you can adjust it to be quite crisp and set the pull weight to what you want, though it's best to let a gun smith handle that. You won't be able to safely get the pull weight as low as the accutrigger will go but for hunting 3½ lbs or more is what you usually want. Really you just have to decide if you want to spend the extra $100 or not. But if you spend the $100 at the gunsmith it really won't matter much in the end.
 
The savage is a well designed rifle, with many features -some are unique.

I like the fact I can easily chnage a barrel and bolt head. I have about 7 of them and a few extra barrels and bolt heads. i can change a 223 to a 300 magnum in about 10 minutes.

It has some nice safety features too. the bolt races are blocked by special lugs so gses don't blow into your face.

The trigger is just another feature that shows that these guys know what they are doing.
 
I bought a Savage recently and decided to go with the Accutrigger. I have not been disappointed. I have been shooting 5/8 inch groups with factory ammo (Hornady) and the trigger has to get some of the credit.
 
Some people like them, some people don't, but I haven't heard of any problems with them. If you like it, go for it...it's a great system.
 
it's short and crisp compairing it to what i have been used to on my air gun which is double action i love it i still have to get used to the short trigger pull though
 
I have owned quite a few Savages with the Accutrigger. In the end I decided I did not like it and would rather have a regular clean, crisp trigger with out the gimmick. On the only Savage I have left I took the Accutrigger and tossed it and put on a Timney.
 
SO far the reviews are favourable, except yours.

What was it about the accutrigger that you didn't like?

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crazy_davey said:
I have owned quite a few Savages with the Accutrigger. In the end I decided I did not like it and would rather have a regular clean, crisp trigger with out the gimmick. On the only Savage I have left I took the Accutrigger and tossed it and put on a Timney.
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leslea_kate said:
SO far the reviews are favourable, except yours.

What was it about the accutrigger that you didn't like?

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Because when I shoot I want to concentrate on nothing but my target, not a gimmick on my trigger. I didn't mind it at the range, but in hunting situations I like a regular trigger more.
 
I like it because of the feel. On the bench it provides a very repeatable sequence of feel through the trigger finger. You really get to know when the gun will go boom I can really bear down on my target. My groups have greatly improved. There is no doubt that there are far better aftermarket triggers and some on production rifles as well, but for the money it is in my oppinion the best trigger system out there.
 
I had a Model 10FP and the trigger was pretty nice. There was nothing to complain about that I could see, or feel.
 
Savage17 said:
Are you serious...the accutrigger if fcken sweet!
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Obviously you haven't owned a Sako or Kimber....

I have had 3 Savages with the Accutrigger and I still have one Savage with the accu-trigger, it has a small amount of creep in it.

The Kimber and Sako has Zero creep, zero over travel, they are actually crisper than my Timney triggers in my other rifles. Out of the following rifles I have owned, Sako, Kimber, Tikkas, Weatherby Vanguards, Savage, Remington 700's, Winchester Model 70's, Mausers, Enfields, Marlins, Mosins, The Kimber and Sako/Tikkas have the best factory triggers.
 
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mylesrom said:
I have had 3 Savages with the Accutrigger and I still have one Savage with the accu-trigger, it has a small amount of creep in it.

The Kimber and Sako has Zero creep, zero over travel, they are actually crisper than my Timney triggers in my other rifles.
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I have installed and owned lots of Timney triggers. The one that I replaced the Accutrigger with has zero over travel(over travel is adjustable) and is set at a very crisp 2.5 pounds. Some of my others in different rifles were not as nice IMO.

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I still have one Savage with the accu-trigger, it has a small amount of creep in it.
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Most of the Savages I have owned with the Accutrigger did as well. Only two were very nice and crisp with no creep. They seem to be hit and miss, so is how light you can set them to(some go lighter than others)
 
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crazy_davey said:
Most of the Savages I have owned with the Accutrigger did as well. Only two were very nice and crisp with no creep. They seem to be hit and miss, so is how light you can set them to(some go lighter than others)
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I noticed that on one of the accutriggers, I could not set it very light at all, quite disappointing. Out of the 3 that I had, I would say one was a good trigger, the other two were not that great..

Out of the three timneys that I have installed two are excellent and one has a little bit of creep, but then its in a 96 Mauser, so its a huge improvement over the military trigger.
 
If your trigger has creep, adjust it out. Turn the screw to push the trigger off the sear until the rifle fires, and then turn the screw back a half turn. Thay should give you adequate sear engagement, without any creep.

Careful with this "zero over" travel stuff. Over travel is also adjustable, and over time the rifle can adjsust itsdelf. if the scew turns just a bit more it will prevent the rifle from cocking, or might cause the rifle to fire all by itself due to inadequate sear engagement.

I look upon the over travel screw in a trigger as a potential serious problem and routinly LokTite it.

I have a number of the older Savages and the triggers easily adjusted to a crisp 3 to 4 pounds. They can go lighter, but that is where I prefer my triggers. All my adjustable triggers (most commercial rifles) have been set the same way and I can't really see any difference in them except the Anschutz triggers in my Grunigs. They have a special crispness than I cannot describe.
 
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