Old Savage Accutrigger. Tips/Tricks to cheaply reduce pull weight?

[entoptics]

Buddies Savage 10, from around 2007, is pulling at 3 lbs 10 oz (very consistent at least). I've got the rear spring backed out as far as possible, so she won't go any lower. I can take it up to a healthy 6 lbs if I want...

Any tricks to drop it down about 3/4 lb? He doesn't need an ultralight trigger on his hunting rifle, but even 3lb would be a big improvement. Cut off a spring coil? Aftermarket spring kit?

Don't wanna spend any significant money, so a new trigger is out of the question.

Ideas?

 

[can1010]

go to the gun shack they have the target spring for the accu trigger will get 2.5lbs or less. cost is under $10.00

 

[entoptics]

Love this place. Quick and to the point.

 

[xsn10s]

I generally like to reduce the thickness of a coil spring rather than cutting a coil. But for ten bucks I'd save the factory spring and follow can101's suggestion. Pretty cool.

 

[FrogFire7]

I've clipped springs before and bent at a 90 to fit back in trigger hole. Not super pretty but it was effective

 

[BrentM]

Just buy the red target spring and set to 1.5-2 lbs and call it good.

 

[ChrisH56]

go to the gun shack they have the target spring for the accu trigger will get 2.5lbs or less. cost is under $10.00

I did a search for the Gun Shack and got a bunch of different places. Which one are you talking about? I would like to order a spring. Thanks

 

[Originaljk]

I did the lighter springs from gun shack and was at like 3lbs and kept having a problem locking up the trigger if I got just the slightest aggressive working the bolt. The safety blade thing on the trigger would not allow me to pull the trigger until I reworked the bolt handle. Is there a fix for that besides babying the bolt?

 

[ChrisH56]

I did the lighter springs from gun shack and was at like 3lbs and kept having a problem locking up the trigger if I got just the slightest aggressive working the bolt. The safety blade thing on the trigger would not allow me to pull the trigger until I reworked the bolt handle. Is there a fix for that besides babying the bolt?

Not sure if this helps but I found on my older AccuTrigger that if I adjusted it too low the same thing happened. Also, once I got it adjusted correctly, the adjustment spring would loosen by itself during use and the problem came back. I finally put some nail polish on the adjustment spring/screw and it never happened again.

 

[blvette75]

Just buy the red target spring and set to 1.5-2 lbs and call it good.

Where can you get a red target spring? Thanks,

 

[BrentM]

Where can you get a red target spring? Thanks,

Used to be gunshack too but they just sell a target spring now.

 

[skyrep]

here is their website. just ordered two.

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www.gunshack.com

 

[justinp61]

The varmint spring is lighter than the standard trigger spring too, not as light as the target spring though.

 

[LoneTraveler]

Checking the sear contact points is a good, First thing to check. Many factory triggers have burrs and Boo-Boos. The sear surfaces will not slide on each other. Smoothing the sears will cure a lot of problems.
Wood Crafters sells a set of 8000 grit stones that will polish metal to mirror finish. Then the spring will have control of the tension, Not the rough sear surfaces.
I got a CZ 457 that had a terrible trigger, When I checked the sears they had a black coating. On one side of the sear was a shiney spot size of a pin head. Matching shiney grove on other sear contact.
Smoothed both sears. Now has a crisp 2 1/4 lb. trigger.