I have two savage 110 rifles and both of them have side to side slop in the trigger as does every single new or used one I have touched in stores. While I do like the accutrigger (clean lightweight break for any trigger let alone a factory one), the slop has always bugged me a bit. Recently though I have finally got my 30-06 shooting really well, with that, I have been able to notice it seems to affect my groups.

When I preload the side of the trigger (which I was taught not to do) it shoots the best (.375ish MOA).* It opens up to about .5-.6MOA when I try to pull the trigger straight back.

So with that, has anyone done anything to fix this?

My 30-06 is a hunting rifle, and setting up a shot in the field is never as perfect as a benchrest, so getting out any little inconsistency would be fantastic. Plus, being an engineer that sort of slop just gets on my nerves.