A few years ago, Savage came out with a unit called the "Accu-Trigger", which allowed easy and safe adjustment of the trigger down to ridiculously light pull weights with no danger of the rifle going off as the bolt was closed.
Now, I may have mentioned that I'm not the world's most mechanically-inclined individual. In fact, I couldn't even visualize the working relationship of the trigger mechanism on a 1911, which is probably the simplest trigger/sear/disconnector relationship in the handgun world, until I'd detail-stripped one a few times. So you can imagine that the trigger-within-a-trigger setup on the Savage seemed like pure voodoo to me. At the NRA show, however, Savage had a cool gigantic moving model of the Accu-Trigger setup.
Aah-hah! So that's how it works. Golly, Mister Wizard...
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Ah, you want to se elegant simplicity of trigger design, simply disassemble a K31. I have never seen or felt a trigger so beautiful from the factory.
When we do a range day, I need to let you shoot my Schmidt-Rubin.
I've read criticisms of its aesthetics, but those pale to me next to the amazingly nice break on the Accutrigger. I don't mind the looks, an in any case it is definitely a case of "ugly is as ugly does". Great triggers.
I've shot several. I ended up with the K31 because a: I could afford it, and b: I'm confident it's a stronger design. I also like the sight radius on the K31 better.
OTOH, I thought it was verboten to refer to the rifle as an S-R, that designation being reserved for the cartridge, not the rifle. Yours is a K-11, mine a K31. Not that I'm a purist.
Use a Dremel tool to modify the aesthetics of one's Savage Accutrigger. It is also good for do-it-yourself dentistry. Then there is that process where one can relieve excessive pressure on their brain by burring a hole through the skull. Why pay an expert when one can do it all in the privacy of her or his own workshop? ;)
"Yours is a K-11, mine a K31."
Actually, mine's a full-length rifle, so it'd be a G-96/11. It makes a Czarist-era Mosin look short.
Ah, of course.
Still, the K31 isn't exactly a short rifle. One way or ta nother, I used it to win my first match this year. If I could shoot the damned thing, imagine what I could do? and a longer barrel? Sheesh.
Certainly, though, I would never miss an opportunity to shoot ANOTHER 7.5 swiss rifle. I'll even bring mine own ammo.
I just bought the Savage Model 25 in .223 and love both the trigger and the overall feel of the rifle.
Tam, is a Remchester anything like a Smiff and Western?
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I've always taken "Remchester" to mean "generic domestic sporting longarm". :)
For instance, you know grandpa shot the deer with a Model 70 or a Remington 700, or maybe it was an old Savage, you're not sure which, so tell your buddy he shot it with a Remchester.
If it's a shotgun and you're feeling especially catholic, it might be a Remchesterberg.
I've been shooting a Savage with their Accutrigger lately. Mixed reviews. The feel of the trigger is very very nice. The safety mechanism is very sensitive... almost TOO sensitive. I expect I will love it to bits once I am fully used to it.
Remchester sounds like the gunnie equivalent of the motorhead term "Chevyoldsmobuick"...
Hmmph...nobody wants to comment on the lousy original Savage triggers? My .30-06 Model 110 with the factory trigger was well-nigh unshootable. I had a gunsmith drop in a Timney after-market unit, but when I handed the rifle over to him I asked him to check the original trigger pull...he couldn't, since his trigger-pull scale only went up to 8 pounds.
Why couldn't Savage have made the Accu-Trigger retrofitable (is that a word) into their older rifles? Purely rhetorical question, since they want to sell new rifles. But my new rifle (that's what it feels like) has a very nice 3-1/2 pound pull, and operator error is now the only cause of problems shooting it accurately.
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