New member.

A friend inherited a Savage 111 .270 that has terrible trigger (he says about 10 lbs. & he's close). He asks help from me. After some disassembly here are my findings:

1. Spring tension adjustment is so loose that spring is barely attached.
2. The sear is a 3 piece affair staked together (originally), but is now a 2 piece affair (the bolt release section is no longer attached).
3. Sear pin is bent.
4. Safety is impossible to operate (too much drag)
5. Savage no longer services parts for products produced before 1995: therefore no sear replacement from them.
6. Gun Parts Corp. lists a sear #103871, but is is not in stock.
7. Brownell has a #103872 which is the 1 piece version in SS. They also have the sear pin.

I have done trigger work on several types of firearms, but never on a Savage so I ordered the Rifle Basic SAV2 which uses the OEM sear.

I don't feel comfortable trying to re-stake the original sear back together, so I took a chance & ordered the 1-piece SS item from Brownells. I also got a new sear pin from them.

Question: has a member ever substituted the 1-piece SS sear for the 3 piece staked together item with any success ?

Any help is appreciated.

Henry