I have a model 12 varmit that is very accurate and has or had a great trigger pull. Lately it has started malfuctioning. Occasionally the accurelease blade will not depress with any amount of pressure that I can apply with my finger and the gun will not fire. Ocasionally the sear safety will engage when the accurelease blade is depressed but before my finger touches the trigger. Since that has started happening I have ben very careful to depress the blade straight back fully before my finger touches the trigger. That does not help the problem. This has been gradually getting worse and now results in about one malfunction in five shots. It is more frequent if I cycle the bolt rapidly but will also happen if I cycle the bolt slowly. The trigger has not been modified or adjusted since it left the factory. It gages 22 oz. on my pull gage. Other than increasing the pull weight is there anything that I might try before having a gunsmith look at it? I am fairly proficient in minor gun work and some trigger work but I would not consider myself a gunsmith.
Savage accutrigger problems
- Thread starter wchartz
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Re: Savage accutrigger problems
Well, I can't help with "other than increasing the pull weight," but I'll share my experience. I had the same problem on my LRPV. A slight adjustment on the trigger, per the Savage instructions, cured it all. Mine is pretty consistent at 26-28 ounces.
Initially mine worked very well out of the box too. It seems these things wear in a bit and you need to adjust them.
Well, I can't help with "other than increasing the pull weight," but I'll share my experience. I had the same problem on my LRPV. A slight adjustment on the trigger, per the Savage instructions, cured it all. Mine is pretty consistent at 26-28 ounces.
Initially mine worked very well out of the box too. It seems these things wear in a bit and you need to adjust them.
Re: Savage accutrigger problems
I removed the action from the stock this afternoon. Checked the trigger pull again. It had gone to 16 oz. somehow. I adjusted it to 24 oz. The ajustment is very coarse. I doubt that I turned the spring more than 5 degrees. I then put some locktight on the part of the spring in the threaded body. Shot 30 rounds without a problem. I think it is solved.
I removed the action from the stock this afternoon. Checked the trigger pull again. It had gone to 16 oz. somehow. I adjusted it to 24 oz. The ajustment is very coarse. I doubt that I turned the spring more than 5 degrees. I then put some locktight on the part of the spring in the threaded body. Shot 30 rounds without a problem. I think it is solved.
So the rifle will fire with the accutrigger if the the trigger is adjusted too light or too heavy? I don't think you know how the accutrigger works. I've got mine set below 1 lb, if you push the blade sideways instead of straight back it will drop the sear. The rifle will not fire unless you recock it.
^ Ok, I'll bite on a 10 yr old thread.....
Respectfully- you need to read a little more about the Accu-trigger... because the gun will not fire if the trigger is adjusted too low. That is what that trigger is designed to prevent. If your trigger is adjusted so low that the sear does not catch then the blade in the center of the trigger catches it- preventing it from firing.
(other poster just posted the same thing)
Respectfully- you need to read a little more about the Accu-trigger... because the gun will not fire if the trigger is adjusted too low. That is what that trigger is designed to prevent. If your trigger is adjusted so low that the sear does not catch then the blade in the center of the trigger catches it- preventing it from firing.
(other poster just posted the same thing)
Hey, it can happen with just about anything mechanical. I have two Savage rifles, one a 110 in .223 and the other a 17 HMR. The accutriggers on both work fine, are crisp with no creep.
^ Seriously- chill. No one was being rude to you.
What you said was incorrect with regards to a savage accu-trigger. Sure- yours could be broken- or installed wrong or missing parts etc....
But if this forum is "full of dickheads with inferiority issues" then you may as well stick around- seems like you could fit right in.
What you said was incorrect with regards to a savage accu-trigger. Sure- yours could be broken- or installed wrong or missing parts etc....
But if this forum is "full of dickheads with inferiority issues" then you may as well stick around- seems like you could fit right in.
If you think this is a bunch of dickhead replies you should stick around, in fact you should go visit the bearpit.
Your original reply said that you had "read" a lot about them. Didn't say you had used them at all. I only have one savage these days but it has thousands of rounds through it. While the accutrigger isn't for everyone they do work well. Are they as good as an aftermarket trigger, no. Mine started life as a 6.5 CM, then a 7 saum and now a .223, with the trigger set about 12 oz. Did your rifle actually fire a round? Or are you hearing the sear drop and believing it is the firing pin?If you think this is a bunch of dickhead replies you should stick around, in fact you should go visit the bearpit.
For rifles meant to be used in the field, I think the AccuTrigger is excellent. It's trigger safety mechanism is as good as it gets.
I also have a Savage Accu-trigger. It is the target version with the orange safety. I have it adjusted to 9oz. It is very consistent and reliable. In the beginning I adjusted it all over the place and did have some lock up issues now and then. I never figured out what caused it, but it has not locked at the current setting I have had now for a year or so. How much does the Timney add on help? I haven't gone there yet. I would like to hear from some first-hand experience. Maybe the problem goes away with this up-grade?
" I won’t be told the problem is because I don’t understand how it works."
Well, personally I think the problem is you don't understand how it works.
Your story is changing- at first it was the design and all accu-triggers... and now it is all these issues you were having with a personal one. It's not a personal favorite of mine- but not a issue because savage rifles aren't either.
Well, personally I think the problem is you don't understand how it works.
Your story is changing- at first it was the design and all accu-triggers... and now it is all these issues you were having with a personal one. It's not a personal favorite of mine- but not a issue because savage rifles aren't either.
I was scrolling down the forum and saw you had just replied to this. Figured you were spicing things up in here. I wasn't wrong.
Seriously guys..... I don't think he's playing around! You better be careful or he will actually do it....
