Aught Six
02-01-2017, 11:42 PM
Guys, I bought a used Savage and its doing some strange things that I need some help with.
The safety doesn't function properly--when I move it to the SAFE position, the bolt (properly) won't move, but the trigger will fire. In the middle position, the bolt will move AND the trigger will fire. And in the FIRE position, of course, it functions properly--the bolt will move and the trigger will fire.
So I disassembled and struggled with it quite a bit. I turned the safety adjustment screw (the one in the middle of the actual safety bar) to where it was standing a little proud of the surface (the most I could move it out and still overcome the spring force to reassemble the trigger assembly into the receiver). No affect on the problem with this change.
I again disassembled and looked at the safety and noticed that the detent spring was sprung outward quite a bit, such that the safety felt pretty loose when moving it between the three positions. So I took the spring off and bent it a little such that it sat closer to the surface of the safety and engaged the little detent bar with more spring force.
When I reassembled, the safety now doesn't want to move into the FIRE position at all, but the trigger still improperly fires in both the SAFE and middle positions. It is also very difficult to move the safety from SAFE to the middle position.
I'm using a Rifle Basix SAV1, with the safety adjustment screw on the trigger completely disengaged, so that shouldn't be contributing to the difficult sliding. The problem existed using both the old and the new triggers.
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
The safety doesn't function properly--when I move it to the SAFE position, the bolt (properly) won't move, but the trigger will fire. In the middle position, the bolt will move AND the trigger will fire. And in the FIRE position, of course, it functions properly--the bolt will move and the trigger will fire.
So I disassembled and struggled with it quite a bit. I turned the safety adjustment screw (the one in the middle of the actual safety bar) to where it was standing a little proud of the surface (the most I could move it out and still overcome the spring force to reassemble the trigger assembly into the receiver). No affect on the problem with this change.
I again disassembled and looked at the safety and noticed that the detent spring was sprung outward quite a bit, such that the safety felt pretty loose when moving it between the three positions. So I took the spring off and bent it a little such that it sat closer to the surface of the safety and engaged the little detent bar with more spring force.
When I reassembled, the safety now doesn't want to move into the FIRE position at all, but the trigger still improperly fires in both the SAFE and middle positions. It is also very difficult to move the safety from SAFE to the middle position.
I'm using a Rifle Basix SAV1, with the safety adjustment screw on the trigger completely disengaged, so that shouldn't be contributing to the difficult sliding. The problem existed using both the old and the new triggers.
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.