Accutrigger? Dislike mine more than like it.

[Okanagan]

Who likes Accutriggers and who doesn't? 

I recently bought a .22 Savage rifle as a grouse getter and it came with Accutrigger.  I had tried one at a sportsman show several years ago and didn't care for it, which made the exuberant young salesman's face fall.  If I wanted a two stage trigger I would not have replaced the one on my O3-A3.  I don't put a lot into rifles but all of mine but this .22 have aftermarket or improved triggers on them.   Good price and I like the rifle so went for it thinking the trigger was no big deal.  It is more annoying than I expected and looks like it will be until I "learn" to use it better automatically in the field.

I shoot it fine at targets and with several shots sighting it in, got used to it for the moment.  But it made me miss a grouse head the other day because it didn't fire with one crisp minimal movement like I'm used to.  By the time I remembered the slack etc. the grouse ducked his head from a near miss rather than flopping.  Easy shot. 

I'm sure the solution is getting used to it, but that would be easier if all of my triggers were close to the same pull and break rather than this one odd different one.   

If only this were the biggest problem in life!   

[Hawks Feather]

I have a few Savage rifles with them and I don’t really mind them all that much.  But they are no where close to the Jewell triggers that I have in the rifles that I care about.  Before the Accutrigger came along, I did a couple of replacement triggers on Savage .22LRs.  I don’t remember for sure, but I think they are Rifle Basix or something close to that.  They were much better than the old day factory, but not as good as the Accutrigger.  I say not as good simply because you couldn’t get them light enough for my tastes.  So, given the option of a 5-9 pound trigger on most of the .22s in the Savage price range I will take the Accutrigger.

I really don’t shoot the Savage rifles much any more.  I have pretty much gone to the Ruger 10/22 that has a wealth of after market toys that can be added.  The Volquartsen 10/22 trigger is pretty nice.  Their replacement parts do a pretty good job, but the complete assembly will give you much better results.

Jerry

[bigben]

Its not bad but i would never buy a savage just because it had it. my 6.5x284 has one i have gotten used too. But my 25-06 needs a trigger as well. The stock non accutriggers are adjustable to 3 lbs but i like a 1.5 1 lb trigger. I was thinking about dropping a timney in it soon

[KySongDog]

I like the accu trigger.  It takes a little to get used to but once you do it is great, IMHO.   No different than, say, a Glock.  One has to control the slack.  It was the same on my old M14.  Take up the slack and squeeze the trigger.  It comes down to muscle memory which one gets through practice.   My $.02. 

[Okanagan]

I like the accu trigger.  It takes a little to get used to but once you do it is great, IMHO.   No different than, say, a Glock.  One has to control the slack.  It was the same on my old M14.  Take up the slack and squeeze the trigger.  It comes down to muscle memory which one gets through practice.   My $.02.

So the solution is to go out and shoot it more!   I like that.  It needs to be impromptu shots from many positions done fairly quickly rather than static target shooting.  I should drop sticks in a running creek and shoot them.   

I wonder about muscle memory when it comes to different firearm actions, different feel and sequence of trigger let off, etc.   I suspect that that is more trouble for older people with long time muscle memory of one sequence, when they change or add to their use a firearm with a different sequence. 

I know that adding one button to my normal pants/zipper sequence will often cause me to leave my fly open.    An iced up rifle added a step to my carry-position-to-fire sequence and cost me a sure thing elk at 60 yards once.

Grouse are not very important, though I hate to miss one because they taste so good.  I wish they weighed 50 lbs. each. 

Kinda musing on this Canadian Thanksgiving Day.  My 4x4 is in the shop or would be deer hunting.