So uh...what if someone were trying to get a barrel off and shattered the whole trigger group off the receiver?
...asking for a friend...yeah. sure....
I literally broke the aluminum piece that holds the trigger and safety and etc...
I assume no one sells that whole part and I will have to send it to savage?
Yep that would be the one
Ok, well... yeah.. your only real option is to order one of the Jard replacement triggers. It comes with its own bracket. And it’s all steel, so much stronger. (Don’t think your “friend” will have a chance destroying it, LOL!)
Ugh. $220 for an axis trigger...maybe I will just call Effie...
Another option would be to send it back to Savage for repair. Just seems to me it would likely end up costing about the same.
I will talk to them Monday and if the price is at all similar I will go with jard.
So... I gotta ask; how on earth did you manage to break that piece? I mean, sure it’s a piece of cast Aluminum so a bit brittle I guess. But I’m still scratching my head on how ya managed it.
Don't be nosy David.So... I gotta ask; how on earth did you manage to break that piece?
But yeah how did ya do that?
I was smacking the nut wrench with a hammer to break it loose and I missed badly lol
So yes, I deserved it.
Nope, no one deserves it. :) I've broken too much stuff over the years doing dumber things. Slamming a car door on stuff seems to be a favorite :)
And at that cost I'd go to a Jard as well.
Na you didn't deserve it. You just learned, in a most unpleasant way, that the Murphy guy was an optimist.
Breaking a trigger part while changing barrels? Note to self, do not buy rifle from mjbgault. LOL
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
Oh behave Robin.
Ditto :)
Besides, the barrel will be fine. It's the receiver that will be buggered :)
Just for fun. However, we have seen some stuff really FUBARed from people changing barrels.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
Oh I know it was Robin is correct. There have been quite a few mishaps that made this look nothing, from “Backyard Barney” the Savage Smiff! Like the ruined barrel threads from Backyard Barney deciding to GRIND the barrel nut off because it was “stuck”! (Seen more than one of those, LOL) I am all for a DIY approach. I always was! But it is important to understand one’s limits. When I started I was already very mechanically inclined. A person who has never touched a tool probably shouldn’t JUMP right in to any kind of repair right away.
BTW mjbgalt, I’m not including you in this. Please don’t think that. I don’t know you & don’t know your mechanical background. As I said, I am a HUGE fan of people DIY’ing.
Yep, never know what people are skilled at. My father-in-law was a master machinist trained at Brown and Sharpe. His father was a saw specialist at a piano factory. I learned a lot from them, mostly how little I really knew. I was just an engineer :)
I did learn that you can make anything you want with hand tools, skill and patience.
mjbgault, in this case, My vote is go with the Jard. It’s a hunting rifle, right?, get the 20 oz. model.
Probably going to buy the jard and put it on my 6 arc and move that accutrigger to this receiver. And I am not exactly a gunsmith but not completely helpless either :)
Doesn't Savage sell replacements? I don't think their trigger is too bad. Surely if would be far less than $220.
Savage told me this morning it would be $53 plus shipping and tax for the whole part. I am going to do that. It just needs sent to a dealer or gunsmith.
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