A close friend inherited a Savage 111 recently & he says the trigger has about a 10 lb. pull. He knows that I dabble in gunsmithing & asked for my help.
I've never done any work on a Savage bolt gun: however, I'm sure there are some Savage experts out there.
With my Gun Digest "Sporting Rifle Take Down & Reassembly Guide" by J.B. Wood I was able to get the trigger removed & disassembled. I ran into a few problems:
1. Wood does a good job of the step by step disassembly but the info on reassembly is thin.
2. The exploded view of parts show the sear & bolt removal lever to be one (1) piece (there is no listing for the bolt removal lever).
The photos explain the problem:
Photo #1: shows the sear & bolt removal lever together.
Photo #2: shows them separated. This is how I found them upon disassembly.
Photo #3: shows the backside of the bolt removal lever with it's integral spacer.
Photo #4: shows a top view of them back together with the sear pin & sear bushing (a separate piece) in place.
Photo #5: shows a left side view of them back together with sear pin sear bushing + the sear spring.
Questions:
1. Please confirm that the sear & bolt removal tool are supposed to be one piece.
2. Would peening the end of the bolt removal lever to make a tighter fit + J.B. Weld be a satisfactory repair or do I look for a replacement? It seemed to be an interference fit originally.
3. Since the lever was separate from the sear, the sear spring was not in place. Does anyone know the proper orientation of the spring? I've tried all possible positions & none make sense ….(yet). A simple drawing of the correct position would be great
Thanks for any input.
Henry