Savage Accutrigger?

I have two rifles with, one without. I have tuned the one without down to 3 lbs, a big decrease from the factory setting, but it still feels a little mushy to me. The two with acutrigger were pretty darn good from the factory, but Have been adjusted to their lowest setting. One breaks at 2.5 lbs (rimfire) with a little over travel but pretty clean, the other breaks at 8 oz (centerfire, target action) with absolutely no over travel. I like to think of them as a two stage trigger with an ultra light first stage.
 
Im going with a Savage without the Accutrigger. I dont have a rifle with it or anything like it.

As for price difference, Depending on where you look, there is up to 2, 3, and 400 bucks in price difference. I might be looking in the wrong place but that is what I have found.

Im getting it without the Accutrigger. To me, it is just something else that can go wrong.

I wouldnt mind trying it out but if it aint broke, dont fix it.
 
accutrigger bliss!

Allow me to cut and paste from a review of the Savage 12 F Class competition bench rest rifle by Dr. Jim Clary

"I will admit to being totally biased towards the Savage AccuTriggerTM, having been introduced to it on my Model 93 .17HMR. I am tired of factory triggers that have excessive creep, grit, or are so hard to pull that you cannot reliably hold on target. The AccuTriggerTM was the idea of Ron Coburn, CEO of Savage. He told his design engineers what he wanted and gave them the freedom to design what is undeniably the best production rifle trigger in the world. The adjustable AccuTriggerTM has been covered in previous Guns and Shooting Online articles, so I will not waste space duplicating the information here. The bottom line is that it is as good as any after-market trigger."

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I agree with everyone that likes the Accutrigger. The ones I've had lack the harsh and gritty creep found on some other rifles. I like to set mine on the light side. Others might want to set theirs on the heavier side for a little more feedback. No problem with Accutriggers in my book. The only triggers I ever had to doctor or replace were not Accutriggers.
 
It is mostly a gimmick, but some like it..
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Why in the world would you think it's a gimmick? It's a solid improvement over the pre accu trigger models trigger. No one can argue that. It really is night and day. I started shooting on the savage 110 years ago and when the accu trigger model came out I was extremely pleased with the improvement. So were a lot of shooters. You should really compare one to a pre accutrigger savage and you will see what I mean. :)
 
Some have said that people who have not shot a good trigger like the Accutrigger. I guess I fall into that category.

I really like my Savage with the Accutrigger. I would definitely pay the extra for it.
 
I have a 93/.22 TR w/ the accutrigger and really like it. It on the minimum and is creep free and crisp at 2-1/2 lbs. I had some real reservations about the looks. , but the thing works great and only took a little getting used to.

I have a $100 dollar plus Rifle Basix in my F-T/R rifle and it is not (yet) the equal of that rimfire accutrigger.

An early 110J, is no where near in the same league, despite home tweakng.

My Savage Scout, a 10C, w/ a standard trigger, returned to the factory for sight problems (peep sights) , came back from the factory w/ a trigger that was sensational.
 
Spend the money now, because you'll wish that you did later.

Savage Model 12FV 223 with Accutrigger $535 Savage Axis 223 $275
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For $260 your getting a more egronomic rifle layout. Look at them closely! A better quality stock, action, bolt along with the accutrigger. The heavy varmint barrel that it comes with would cost you $300 by itself.
Why do you think the gun is 2.25lbs heavier? All of these quality parts add weight. The rifles are light years apart when it comes to a quality. Spend the money now, because you'll wish that you did later. :cool:
 
I would only add that those with aftermarket trigger jobs will not think much of the Accutrigger. However, I've found the Accutrigger on my two Savage rifles easily adjustable to surpass most other stock/production triggers. To each his/her own, but I've enjoyed mine and they've been adjustable to the point to make me quite satisfied.

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I really like the accu-trigger on my savage rifles... The accu-trigger on my Model 12 VLP that goes down to 1.5#'s is really sweet... And yes I have experience with all sorts of triggers including high dollar aftermarket offerings... And I still like the accu-trigger...
 
The biggest reason I would have for not buying the Accu-Trigger for hunting rifles is that it may impede glove use in cold weather. I also don't like the looks of them on a fine rifle.

Being a gunsmith who's used to tuning triggers, I prefer after-market triggers like Timney, Jewell, or Shilen to most factory triggers. Remington triggers used to be fantastic, but some of their recent ones haven't been good.
 
Why in the world would you think it's a gimmick? It's a solid improvement over the pre accu trigger models trigger. No one can argue that. It really is night and day. I started shooting on the savage 110 years ago and when the accu trigger model came out I was extremely pleased with the improvement. So were a lot of shooters. You should really compare one to a pre accutrigger savage and you will see what I mean.
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I'll argue that and it's not even hard. I have my pre-accutrigger 110 adjusted for no creep, no pretravel, no over travel and can go between 2-3lbs of pull with 1/2 a turn of a screw driver. The accutrigger is a lawyer gimmick meant to give today's buyers a lighter trigger pull like past guns while still covering their butts from lawsuits. Traditionally factory triggers from all the major manufactures usually went out the door with a 3-4lbs pull. At some point (70's, 80's?) gun manufactures, out of fear for lawsuits, started running their pull weights up to 6 lbs or more and QC went down the tube leaving us with gritty, creeping triggers. But many were still adjustable it's just that the average yahoo buying a gun didn't have the brains to look at it, figure it out and break out a screwdriver. So everyone just moaned and groaned about how bad triggers at the time were and dealt with it. Then Savage came along with the accutrigger. Everyone talked about how great and how light the pull was. Most of em to dumb to realize that their old 110s, Remingtons, Winchesters, etc could be just as good or better in about an hours worth of work by a monkey without that dang center blade.

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Then Savage came along with the accutrigger. Everyone talked about how great and how light the pull was. Most of em to dumb to realize that their old 110s, Remingtons, Winchesters, etc could be just as good or better in about an hours worth of work by a monkey without that dang center blade.
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I'm not saying you can't polish the parts to get it as light as the accu trigger, but I've seen people try to adjust the M70 triggers down to the lower end weight of the accu trigger, and every time they get close, they start firing when you close the bolt hard. I've yet to see one that could be brought down to the same weight as the accu trigger safely without having a lot more work done to it than just breaking out a screw driver.

I can't comment on the Remingtons, but from all the trigger issues they are having, they don't seem to be too safe when adjust to be lighter either.

The accu trigger is safe, and works as advertised even at the lower settings. I'm not saying you can't get a better aftermarket trigger, but I've yet to see a gun in this price range with a factory trigger that's as good as the accu trigger.
 
I've been shooting 60 years so I know a good trigger had some that were fair to excellent but many bad ones , some of the most dangerous were home gun smithing jobs a couple by gunsmith that were poor, my point it seems to me immature to state someone is dumb or without knowledge that like the savage accutrigger. Savage produced a good out of the box trigger that provides decent accuracy without gun smithing or purchasing an aftermarket trigger and if for some reason you don't care for it don't purchase, if it fails to sell then certainly Savage will change the product.
 
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