Rifle Basix for Savage Edge/Axis?

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Marco Califo

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I own several Savage rifles and am very pleased with them. I have a 308 10 FP-SR, and love the accuracy and Accutrigger. It is a bit heavy to carry around though.

I have had an Edge/Axis in 223 for about a year now. It is lighter, accurate enough, but does not have the Accutrigger. I took it to a gunsmith shop and they said it was a 7 lb. trigger pull. I read that breaking in the gun would lighten up the trigger some. Did that, and I have also gotten used to the stock trigger. But when I switch guns and shoot the 308 Accutrigger, WOW! I like it! Even though it is very light to trip the trigger, the firing pin will not GO unless the Glock style safety trigger lever is also depressed. The trigger will move without the safety lever, and even click, but it will not fire. I tried it to make certain, then had to re-cock to fire the round.

Rifle Basix makes an adjustable trigger that will fit it. The gunsmith recommended it, over the Timney, but wanted a fortune to install it - 20% of the gun price! The gunsmith recommended the Rifle Basix because it has 4 adjustments whereas the Timney has only 3(?).

1 Trigger tension
2 Sear engagement
3 Over-travel
4 Safety tension

Are these easy, or difficult, to install? I have removed and replaced trigger groups enough times to be comfortable doing so.

My only complaint about the Axis/Edge is the trigger hand grip is small enough for a young girl, but a little too small for my hands.
 
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Either the Timney (which I recommend) or the Rifle Basix trigger is an easy install if you have any sort of mechanical aptitude.

Hardest part will bet getting the retaining clip on and off.

Seriously I like the Timney, and it is my go too brand for a trigger upgrade, but I've heard nothing but praise for the Rifle Basix trigger as well.

Jimro
 
A savage edge/axis is a $275 dollar gun. 20% of that is $55. The fact that it was a cheap gun has no bearing on what your gunsmith's time is worth. If you want a nice trigger and can do it yourself, then by all means. If not, then fork over the nice crisp US Grant and know that it's done right. My gunsmith charges me $50 every time he puts a timney in one of my rifles so yours isn't out of line on his price.
 
My 2cents worth....I own a Savage Axis in 22-250 and took it to several gunsmiths who turned their noses up and said "i wont touch it" hmm ok well good enough for ill settle with the mountain moving to get off a shot. I did a little research and found somewhere.....dont remember exactly where or i would PM you the website but to advise on adjusting the trigger with homely tools. I have done several trigger jobs on my Stevens Model 200's and various other guns and never had one mis fire. Pure luck??? IDK...but none the less I have my Axis down to a crisp 1.2lbs......pretty ridiculous and stupid in my opinion and just for safety reasons bolt stays half open at all times.....but it has never misfired. Im not recommending you to try this but for the ones that say it cant be done it can. Im sure I will get alot of negative feedback from this but dont lose hope i brought my 250 from groups looking like a poke-a-dot picture to 1/2 inch group at 100. Not bad in book for a avg.$300 rifle. They're a good gun and tend to have horrible feedback due to flimsy stocks since the trigger gaurd is stupidly....STUPID and is two peice. I am not an expert and dont claim to know it all but I own alot of savages and wouldnt trade a one of them for nothing. But thats all personal opinion and preference. Hang in there and maybe you can find someone to take a emry board to it and a diamond file and lighten it up a bit. Happy safe shooting to ya.
 
The gunsmith wanted $75 minimum, and an open tab, and talked about his liability and need to make sure it would not fire when dropped. So, if I bought the part, and paid him, I would be into it for another $175, at least, on top of the purchase price, tax, and paperwork of $400. It is not a question of what his time is worth. He would do it, but brought up whether it was worth it for a $300-400 rifle scope combo. At the revised total cost, I would be better off if I had bought a Savage with the AccuTrigger.
My concerns, which I kept to myself, were:
1. He admitted never having touched an Edge/Axis. I do not think he had even worked on a Savage rifle before.
2. The open tab was a NO-NO in my book.
3. When I went to the shop again to pick-up the gun (I paid him to swap my varmint scope for the factory Bushnell), he had learned nothing more about Savages than before.
4. Couldn't I just do it cheaper, and hope the "as shipped" product plus instructions, would meet my needs. I even discussed this with him, and asked "what if I tried first and got stuck". There would be no extra fee.
 
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