BGbasbhat
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Hey all, need some more experienced perspective.
Have an older Savage 110 (flat back receiver from late 90s) I bought second hand that had an accidental discharge this past weekend, luckily while pointing in a safe direction. I was chambering a round with the muzzle straight up, and butt on my hip, trigger was not involved at all. I can't recall if the safety was on or off at the time.
No harm done, outside of a little ringing in my ears, and losing confidence in the rifle to have my son use it.
I have not taken it apart yet to see of any trigger work was done in the past, but I do know the trigger is very crisp and light. So questions:
1) Is it somewhat common, in certain pointing positions (i.e. up/down), for a rifle to discharge if the trigger was lightened considerably?
2) If this a Savage design flaw? Is this a universal commonality? Would a drop in trigger (i.e. Timney, Rifle Basix) resolve this? Can I just heavy up the trigger, and fix the issue?
My son needs to use the rifle in a month, and I don't want to chance anything happening obviously. I'm just trying to figure if I did something wrong, a new trigger would fix it, an adjustment would do it, or if the rifle needs some more serious work.
Thanks all for any perspective.
Have an older Savage 110 (flat back receiver from late 90s) I bought second hand that had an accidental discharge this past weekend, luckily while pointing in a safe direction. I was chambering a round with the muzzle straight up, and butt on my hip, trigger was not involved at all. I can't recall if the safety was on or off at the time.
No harm done, outside of a little ringing in my ears, and losing confidence in the rifle to have my son use it.
I have not taken it apart yet to see of any trigger work was done in the past, but I do know the trigger is very crisp and light. So questions:
1) Is it somewhat common, in certain pointing positions (i.e. up/down), for a rifle to discharge if the trigger was lightened considerably?
2) If this a Savage design flaw? Is this a universal commonality? Would a drop in trigger (i.e. Timney, Rifle Basix) resolve this? Can I just heavy up the trigger, and fix the issue?
My son needs to use the rifle in a month, and I don't want to chance anything happening obviously. I'm just trying to figure if I did something wrong, a new trigger would fix it, an adjustment would do it, or if the rifle needs some more serious work.
Thanks all for any perspective.