Reviews & Ratings for JARD Savage Model 25 Trigger System — 1 review — Page 1

I waited some weeks for this trigger (I got the one with 8 oz spring) to come into stock. Installed, I couldn't get the bolt in-- finally found that I had to slam it with the heel of my hand (trigger fully depressed, as always with the Savage bolt guns). That's something I dislike, especially as I have to do it with the action cleaning tool and bore guide I use for cleaning. It does not fit as it should. I Had trouble getting the safety to work. On close inspection, I see that the design didn't quite fit, so there was some hand adjusting done afterward. In this case, it meant that someone ground the side of the 6-32 socket cap screw that restrains the trigger when the safety is on. (The screw itself is inappropriate for this purpose because of the knurled head.) The grinding was so deep that it compromised the hex socket, and the safety plate catches on the crack in the screw gead. (I took photos that I was going to submit with this review, but I don't see a way to upload them.)I have removed the safety until I can get a screw to fit. I'm tempted to modify the groove in the safety plate itself-- a more time consuming but more appropriate fix than the factory expedient of grinding one side of the screw head off. The trigger itself is almost straight and sits in the center of the trigger guard, which makes it difficult to reach, as my rifle came with a thumbhole stock. At the range, I got 3 of my 40 shots as slam fires-- not from working the bolt roughly, but my precaution of l...
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