Re: Savage mark II trigger job
I did a trigger job on an accutrigger equipped MKII last weekend. When you pull the action from the stock, you will see the accutrigger has 2 springs behind the trigger. The heavier coil spring on top, and a smaller spring underneath. They supply a tool to adjust the smaller bottom spring with. When you crank it down it increases the tension against the bigger spring. They come pre-set from the factory at the lightest pull adjustment. (The smaller spring is backed out as far as it will go).
To lighten the trigger pull further, you need to get that heavier spring out first. To do that, remove the c-clips from the front 2 trigger pins. The first pin has spring tension on it, push it out with a punch and leave the punch in the slot. The 2nd pin is the one going through the silver lever inside the accutrigger assembly. Remove that pin and the trigger can drop out of the assembly. When you remove the spring, clip 2 or 3 coils off the heavier trigger spring, the more you clip off the lighter the pull will get, but do not clip off too many or your trigger might not function 100% safely. If you do clip too much or your pull is lighter than desired, all you have to do is tighten the smaller spring adjustment in until you reach your desired pull weight. The pins go back in the same way they went out. Since you got the action pulled and are tinkering with the trigger, if pushing the safe to 'off' feels too stiff for you you can reprofile the safety spring to make it smoother. I don't recommend doing it, since its better to have a gun thats easier to put on 'safe' than to disengage the safety; but if it bothers you the spring has a C shape where it rides against the safety, if you slightly increase the angle of the bend it will reduce the amount of tension against the part.