Savage MK II TR Trigger

[AirGunShawn]

I just bought this today. It is just ok except for the trigger. It is 2 lb. 10 oz. I can lap off the creep but it has some funky dual diameter spring
that will be more difficult to overcome. I see a kit on Ebay for 74.00. It looks to me like they got some factory springs and cut them down and use the ball bearing as a rotation point. Anybody have an alternative.

 

[nvgunner]

I put a rifle basix in my sons and was pretty impressed with it for what it is
Feels better then Any of the triggers I’ve tried in my cz. It’s not amazing but I think it’s about as good as you’ll get with that rifle.

 

[AirGunShawn]

I just bought this today. It is just ok except for the trigger. It is 2 lb. 10 oz. I can lap off the creep but it has some funky dual diameter spring
that will be more difficult to overcome. I see a kit on Ebay for 74.00. It looks to me like they got some factory springs and cut them down and use the ball bearing as a rotation point. Anybody have an alternative.

I have this CZ 457 MTR and I turned the factory trigger down to 15 oz. I then put a YoDave kit in it and I got it down to 9 oz. I did a write up on it. You may want to read. The trigger pivot pin is press fit into the trigger blade and is very tight to get in. So tight that I put the pin in a drill and took a couple thousandths off its diameter so that I did not break the housing putting it back in.

Someone recently said " Shame on the US gun companies for the quality " Sadly I must agree.... even if the trigger was perfect. My CZ beats the Savage MK II hands down. :-(

I will see if I can find rifle basix on the net.
thanks so much

 

[nvgunner]

Yea I definitely agree the cz is a better rifle... I won the savage in a raffle so with a added chassis and a few other upgrades it was a good entry level gun for my boy to start nrl22 with but it is getting upgraded very soon. But it’s served him well for what it is.
Do you have a link to the write up you did? Would like to give it a read.

 

[billmeek]

Do you have a link to the write up you did? Would like to give it a read.

Link :

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/cz-457-mtr.6939616/

 

[Alabusa]

I have the Apachee kit from ebay. It got my trigger down to 10 ounces safely. All factory safeties are still in place and functioning. The ball bearing goes under the sear spring to increase weight of spring.

 

[AirGunShawn]

Yea I definitely agree the cz is a better rifle... I won the savage in a raffle so with a added chassis and a few other upgrades it was a good entry level gun for my boy to start nrl22 with but it is getting upgraded very soon. But it’s served him well for what it is.
Do you have a link to the write up you did? Would like to give it a read.

The only way I can find it is by searching my own name. Here it is again.

CZ 457 MTR .... It is more of a warning than review. I am really happy with the inexpensive kit. Normally I lapp my triggers to a mirror finish, ( My RPRR is shown ) but I don't think the MTR will need any more work. The shape of the trigger blade makes the trigger feel like my two Anschutz carbines.

I just installed my YoDave trigger spring for my CZ 457 MTR..... The factory trigger was turned down to 15 oz. The new spring brought it down to 9 oz.

The CZ has a nicely shaped trigger blade and the trigger feels more like 6 oz. That is much more to my liking. ***The trigger pin is press fit into the trigger blade and is difficult to get out. *** To put it back in, I actually took a couple thousandths off it's diameter as I was not willing to risk damaging the housing. To turn down the pin, I just chucked it up in a drill and sanded it down and then flipped it to the other end. Nothing fancy. Please note that the 457 trigger looks different than the 455.

I then used some fingernail polish to retain the pin in place. I could have staked it but, I may have it out several times to lap the sear surfaces.
I highly recommend you make the pin a slip fit in the trigger blade. It is so tight that it bent my brass pin punch and was starting to bend my steel punch.
It is scary tight. I bounced the gun on the butt a few times and the trigger did not go off.