spring mod

[22BVGord]

A huge thanks to all of you for giving me the insight and the courage to do the spring mod on my Axis .243. The pull now is about three pounds but I won't have a good scale for a day or two. Used a 1/2" - 10-24 as the 3/4" looked a tad to long. Picked up a good spring from a farm equipment dealer - about 1 1/2" long that just fit over the 10-24 (about 1/4" d). I cut the spring off at the same length as the factory spring - about 1" and it seemed to function fine.

Put it back together again, worked the action a few times, dry fired a few times, and all seemed fine. Gave it a few good "bump tests" and everything held together. Tightened everything down and ready for the range.

While apart, I cleaned all the grease off the sear as well as the entire trigger mechanism - it really was quite filthy. Polished it up with a glad rag but did not use a compound - we will see how this goes..

[cranebird]

I'm glad this thread helped you. I like this accutrigger system. It really is safe to use when you have to resort to jerry rigging it. It would be a real gem if in fact the adjustable feature worked with the axis design.I went with the N4ue system.

This is what a accutrigger with a adjusting feature looks like.
http://www.gunblast.com/images/Savage_AccuTrigger/Mvc-005f-sm.jpg

The tool adjusts the spring tension.

This is what it looked like once I ground the sides and I took .055 off from it so it was the same thickness as the stock axis trigger.

http://s4.postimg.org/vk0u4j58d/DSCN2141.jpg

The problem is the axis being different, it doesn't allow room for the spring to be adjusted without removing more material or replacing the spring. Sort of back to square one with a good twist . Pictured with the accutrigger is the modified stock trigger with a spring that I revamped to make adjustable by screwing the spring up or down in the threads and held in place by a 1/4" setscrew.



There is a new problem with switching to the boyd stock as the setscrew bottoms out on the stock sending the trigger to fire mode unless the stock is relieved to allow room for it.Rather than grinding any more material from anything, I used the N4ue system instead.

http://s11.postimg.org/d96t62wk3/DSCN2162.jpg

I find a 1/2" long 10-24 worked but the setscrew cannot be hanging out of the bottom as it was in the picture without relieving the stock so I adjusted it flush. The lighter spring is where the accutrigger is a gem. If accidently bumped into fire mode, the sear will only fall to the accutrigger insert without firing. It will not fire unless both triggers are pulled. I like that feature and this rifle is my favorite, the boyd stock is growing on me with time.

http://s3.postimg.org/55n1jr7oj/DSCN2174.jpg

[savatage]

Great stuff guys, appreciate the shared knowledge.

[n4ue]

Hi, glad my 'advice' helped someone.
I forgot to mention that somebody is selling the screw/spring combo on eBay. I guess they couldn't find a 3/4" setscrew and is selling an Allen head cap screw.
This might not work due to clearance problems with the 'head' of the screw.
Of course, there is also a guy selling a lighter factory style spring for $20!!! wow!

ron

[cranebird]

One could apply the same to the stock trigger that was done to he accutrigger in the accu-trigger post. It would work the same but without the secondary safety feature that the accutrigger provides. In the accu-trigger link below, notice the trigger mod illustration in post #9 posted by jalmeter29.You can see the difference of the material taken out the trigger to allow the spring tension to be light enough for the Axis system design. I believe You could apply the same technique to the Axis stock trigger and use the stock spring with or without cutting the stock spring if you already haven't done so and basically get the same results ?


http://www.savageshooters.com/showthread.php?29302-Accu-trigger

[limige]

NSS carries the 1.5# spring. Just swap it out and done.

If you want lighter go with the SSS trigger or basix sav 2

[gregskin]

I just did the trigger job by cutting 1 coil. 100times better. Took me about 15 min. No trigger slop. Worked perfect.