Just thought I'd pass something along I picked up over on rimfire central. It is a very simple (relative term) trigger job that can be done to the savage rimfire accutriggers. By taking the safety spring off, removing the trigger pin E-clip and pin, and pulling the trigger and safety sear out, I was able to cut a total of 3-4 coils (can't remember exactly) off of the trigger spring.
This lightened the trigger pull to a very crisp 13oz pull adjustable up to about 1.5lb. instead of the 2.5-6 lbs it came with from the factory. I clipped off a bit more than I should because it is now possible for me to unwind the adjusting spring enough so that it wont engage the sear. That's where the safety sear is worth it's weight in gold and some. I just kept turning and cocking until it engaged and then went another 1/2 turn... As light as this guns trigger can go. Thankfully I still have a lot of adjustment room so it's not a botched job. Feels VERY nice now. Much more like the match trigger this gun deserves. Very clean break, no creep, no over travel... Awesome.
Ok picture tutorial, with gun UNloaded... Obviously.
Remove safety spring
Push trigger pin through and remove E-clip from opposite side carefully, can be dine inside a bag if you don't trust yourself not to lose it.
Remove pin, trigger and safety sear. Again be careful not to lose the safety sear spring.
A smart tinkerer keeps a close watch on his parts. Try to keep things neat and orderly so as not to lose anything. I keep a blue shop towel laid out for parts, but sometimes use an ol golf ball box if I have a lot of parts.
Next you want to clip several coils from the end indicated here. Dont take too many off right away, start with maybe 3 and test it out, if you want it lighter you can always take it apart again and cut more off. You can't put more back once you've gone too far. Baby steps.
Next, you can (but don't "need" to) put a slight bent in the top of the coil spring so it sticks up into the index that is cut out for it. You'll see the little hole I'm talking about right in front of the recoil lug. This just helps keep the spring centered and turn without sticking when adjusting. If it doesn't stick though, you don't need to do it, the spring isn't going anywhere. I did because I'm anal about doing things properly.
You can't really tell in this pic but it sticks up centered in the middle of the spring.
That's it! Re assemble in the exact reverse order (especially the safety spring and trigger E-clip) and adjust it so that it catches the sear at minimum and then some..
As a disclaimer I assume no responsibility if you fu@k up your gun and it doesn't work properly after doing this. You did something wrong.
I also assume no other liability for anything resulting from this procedure including but not limited to loss or damage of parts or warranty term violation.
Cheers.
This lightened the trigger pull to a very crisp 13oz pull adjustable up to about 1.5lb. instead of the 2.5-6 lbs it came with from the factory. I clipped off a bit more than I should because it is now possible for me to unwind the adjusting spring enough so that it wont engage the sear. That's where the safety sear is worth it's weight in gold and some. I just kept turning and cocking until it engaged and then went another 1/2 turn... As light as this guns trigger can go. Thankfully I still have a lot of adjustment room so it's not a botched job. Feels VERY nice now. Much more like the match trigger this gun deserves. Very clean break, no creep, no over travel... Awesome.
Ok picture tutorial, with gun UNloaded... Obviously.
Remove safety spring
Push trigger pin through and remove E-clip from opposite side carefully, can be dine inside a bag if you don't trust yourself not to lose it.
Remove pin, trigger and safety sear. Again be careful not to lose the safety sear spring.
A smart tinkerer keeps a close watch on his parts. Try to keep things neat and orderly so as not to lose anything. I keep a blue shop towel laid out for parts, but sometimes use an ol golf ball box if I have a lot of parts.
Next you want to clip several coils from the end indicated here. Dont take too many off right away, start with maybe 3 and test it out, if you want it lighter you can always take it apart again and cut more off. You can't put more back once you've gone too far. Baby steps.
Next, you can (but don't "need" to) put a slight bent in the top of the coil spring so it sticks up into the index that is cut out for it. You'll see the little hole I'm talking about right in front of the recoil lug. This just helps keep the spring centered and turn without sticking when adjusting. If it doesn't stick though, you don't need to do it, the spring isn't going anywhere. I did because I'm anal about doing things properly.
You can't really tell in this pic but it sticks up centered in the middle of the spring.
That's it! Re assemble in the exact reverse order (especially the safety spring and trigger E-clip) and adjust it so that it catches the sear at minimum and then some..
As a disclaimer I assume no responsibility if you fu@k up your gun and it doesn't work properly after doing this. You did something wrong.
I also assume no other liability for anything resulting from this procedure including but not limited to loss or damage of parts or warranty term violation.
Cheers.
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