Trigger? Anybody Wanna Take A SWAG On It?

[Nemesis]

Asked a Smith up in Louisville, and he told me this wasn't a Savage trigger having the four screws. Well actually five if you count the one attached to the little rod. So does anyone know what kind of trigger this is besides a dirty one...LOL. Old rifle getting ready to go through a major cleaning in the near future. For the record, I didn't let this trigger get in this shape. I bought the rifle the other day, and just haven't had time to break it down and give it a good cleaning.


If not knowing what kind it is. Can anyone tell me what screw does what. The problem I have is when I set the trigger to the middle stage, which is still a safe, but I can work the bolt. All I have to do is apply some pressure to it, and the trigger will turn loose. When this happens, it will not reset when I work the bolt. After if fires, in the middle position, I can open the bolt and slide it all the way out of the action because the bolt release is down, and won't come back up. It takes some moving of the bolt and squeezing of the trigger to get the bolt release to reset itself. I don't like that...Could it be all the crud that has built up possibly inside the working internals of the trigger?

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[drybean]

savage 4 screw ( my guess)

drybean

[Nemesis]

That's what I've been told by others. Not saying the Smith didn't know what he was talking about, but he didn't actually see it. I just told him it had four screws.

[short round]

Savage four screw, adjustment same as three screw. The screws are, sear adj., holds trigger pin, overtravel, safety, & the one that the spring sticks in is trigger pull.

[Nemesis]

Savage four screw, adjustment same as three screw. The screws are, sear adj., holds trigger pin, overtravel, safety, & the one that the spring sticks in is trigger pull.

Thanks for the information.

[foxx]

Yep. that's actually a really nice trigger. just gotta play with it to get it all right. every time you adjust the creep on the screw right below the sear, for example, you gotta adjust the safety screw again. and then the overtravel. Maybe not in that order. :)

I can't tell you how to do it, but if you play with it a bit you can see the effect one has on the other and you just gotta play a little till the all balance out and limit or control the safety, etc.

[Slenk]

There used to be info around here, on this site, on how to adjust it. It is a Savage 4 screw trigger .I have several rifles with the same trigger.

[thomae]

There used to be info around here, on this site, on how to adjust it. It is a Savage 4 screw trigger .I have several rifles with the same trigger.
Here's the link on how to adjust the three screw trigger. The fourth screw takes up slack in the crosspin fit.
http://www.savageshooters.com/content.php?130-Factory-3-Screw-Trigger-Adjustment-Procedures