Got a Rifle Basix SAV-2 from a site sponsor, turnaround was great, price was good, figured I'd sit down and share my thoughts on it.
Install was on a Savage F/TR that had the 'Precision Accutrigger'. The SAV-2 comes without any paper instructions to speak of, just a DVD that opens in a media player (but not in a regular DVD player). This video doesn't seem to be on the RB website anywhere, nor are there any written instructions to be had there. Wasn't terribly pleased with that, but the video was straightforward and easy to follow and pause. The trigger assembly itself comes mostly assembled, with longer set screws for the 'precision' version application and a lighter 'red' spring for trigger pull in a bag if you want lower than the regular 'white' spring that comes installed.
Definitely takes some fitting to do this the way Savage hangs their triggers off a pin on the front and a tab at the rear. I found the SAV-2 didn't line up, and I had to remove the tang safety assembly and file the notch in the tang for the tab on the new trigger. So it might be kind of a one way trip unless you bend the tab on the original trigger to fit it back in. The way the tang is machined, these are probably hand fitted at the factory so variation is inevitable.
The assembly reuses the original sear, sear spring, and safety detent spring so you have to be careful not to lose or trash those on the way out. Video shows a good technique, as always disassemble things over a box so you don't drop a spring and let it roll away. Some of the Savages (mine included) don't have an E clip retaining the sear pin. Little disappointed, wish that came with the kit because I'd sure rather have it clipped in.
Once it's in, the set screw process for overtravel, weight and preload is pretty straight forward. There is a set screw for sear engagement, but I didn't touch it. Note that most of it is not adjustable without removing the stock. The screws all come pre-coated in a thread locker compound that is dried on there and makes running them in a real chore. I really would have preferred cleaning it all off with a wire wheel and using my own Loc-Tite if I did it over. Settled into the factory stock without any clearance issues.
Like the trigger now that it's in, found the white spring goes plenty low enough, and a quarter turn on the weight of pull is a lot of adjustment. Overall pleased with the result, and it's a much more stoutly constructed trigger than the accutrigger. Sear engagement isn't a problem anymore, and my weight of pull isn't governed by a spring sitting in machined grooves anymore.
As a first trigger install on a centerfire, took me about 20 minutes with hand tools. All in all, 4/5 for cemented on thread locker and video only instructions.
Install was on a Savage F/TR that had the 'Precision Accutrigger'. The SAV-2 comes without any paper instructions to speak of, just a DVD that opens in a media player (but not in a regular DVD player). This video doesn't seem to be on the RB website anywhere, nor are there any written instructions to be had there. Wasn't terribly pleased with that, but the video was straightforward and easy to follow and pause. The trigger assembly itself comes mostly assembled, with longer set screws for the 'precision' version application and a lighter 'red' spring for trigger pull in a bag if you want lower than the regular 'white' spring that comes installed.
Definitely takes some fitting to do this the way Savage hangs their triggers off a pin on the front and a tab at the rear. I found the SAV-2 didn't line up, and I had to remove the tang safety assembly and file the notch in the tang for the tab on the new trigger. So it might be kind of a one way trip unless you bend the tab on the original trigger to fit it back in. The way the tang is machined, these are probably hand fitted at the factory so variation is inevitable.
The assembly reuses the original sear, sear spring, and safety detent spring so you have to be careful not to lose or trash those on the way out. Video shows a good technique, as always disassemble things over a box so you don't drop a spring and let it roll away. Some of the Savages (mine included) don't have an E clip retaining the sear pin. Little disappointed, wish that came with the kit because I'd sure rather have it clipped in.
Once it's in, the set screw process for overtravel, weight and preload is pretty straight forward. There is a set screw for sear engagement, but I didn't touch it. Note that most of it is not adjustable without removing the stock. The screws all come pre-coated in a thread locker compound that is dried on there and makes running them in a real chore. I really would have preferred cleaning it all off with a wire wheel and using my own Loc-Tite if I did it over. Settled into the factory stock without any clearance issues.
Like the trigger now that it's in, found the white spring goes plenty low enough, and a quarter turn on the weight of pull is a lot of adjustment. Overall pleased with the result, and it's a much more stoutly constructed trigger than the accutrigger. Sear engagement isn't a problem anymore, and my weight of pull isn't governed by a spring sitting in machined grooves anymore.
As a first trigger install on a centerfire, took me about 20 minutes with hand tools. All in all, 4/5 for cemented on thread locker and video only instructions.
