I had a screw fall out of my trigger...where does it go?

[Tyler Kemp]

This is my buddy's gun, a custom Savage muzzleloader (pretty amazing by the way) with I believe a Savage Sharpshooter trigger. Anyways, I was taking it apart to adjust the headspace and this trigger fell out of the trigger. At least I'm 99% sure it came out of the trigger, I didn't see it fall out.

There are two threaded holes that seem to fit the screw, which one does the screw go into, and what exactly is it going? Gun functions and has been shot without the screw.

 

[skog]

picture is out focus but it looks like it could be the screw that sets the safety engagement.

 

[Temp9]

Looks like the three visible screw holes (safety adjust, overtravel adjust, pretravel adjust) are filled. The one that isn't visible in the picture is the spring tension adjust (horizontal; hole is visible in the picture, just not the screw). This might be where the screw fell from, and since the spring sometimes binds on the threads, the trigger might still function (for now). If that isn't it, it might be the safety tension adjustment on the bottom of the safety selector. Can't tell from the picture. I don't know of any other set screws in a Savage trigger.

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Is the hole you're talking about filled with a spring that is adjusted via the tightness of the screw? I did notice that hole but didn't realize that there were threads in it.