I have done a little reading about Savage's Accutrigger, but am still a little confused about how it functions. From the website, it looks a little like a Glock trigger, but on a rifle. Those who know/have used them, can you cast some light on this?

I have had two Accutriggers. The current one is on a Savage 10 muzzleloader. The trigger will not adjust to less than four pounds and it takes up room in the guard for gloves and its the winter when this rifle will really be used.

In general it's a gimmick. I would be better off with a two stage military trigger.

My experience is the exact opposite of savage99's. I've got a M12 BVSS 22-250 with the accutrigger and it's around 1.5 lbs and very crisp. It's the best factory trigger I've ever seen. I like it better than the sharpshooter trigger on a friend's savage.

The tab in the middle is just an extra safety catch, the tab has to be depressed or the firing pin won't fall. It has virtually no pull weight by itself and is barely noticable.

Ditto to what Boltman said...

I just purchased a Savahe 110FP in 25-06. I really like the accutrigger. I liked it right at the factory setting and have not adjusted it yet. It's a very crisp trigger. The tab in the middle prevents accidental discharge if the trigger is set very light and the rifle is dropped or the trigger gets accidently snagged. Many gunsmiths will not set hunting rifles at very light settings because of the liability of accidental discharge.

Well, my experience with the one on my 12BVSS .22-250 is different. As it came from the factory, it was set to the minimum pull of the main trigger, which is extremely light. I don't have a trigger scale, but it may well be less than 1 1/2 lb. The safety lever, OTOH, is harder to pull than the main trigger. Not hard, but harder. The slightest touch of finger pad to the main trigger while depressing the safety lever will drop the striker, producing a misfire. Being as careful as I can, sometimes I've had to recock 13 times in a row to get a shot fired. That's hard on my groups. I consider it a design flaw that the barrelled action must be removed from the stock to adjust the pull, as well.

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Russ

Advertising hype for the LawyerTrigger.

Honestly I don't have much to compare it to, I've only been using factory triggers (Remington mostly) my whole life. In any case, I really like mine on my 12FP in .223, used exclusively for P dogs. The blade is a safety feature and it doesn't bug me one bit.

A really nice cutom trigger job might be way better, but when its not in the budget its nice to have an adjustable one included with the price of the rifle.

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