cohutta joe
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I've been on this forum a couple years, but not sure I'm posting this in the right thread... but I'm desperate, wanting to start hunting with this gun on Dec 1. I've already had a savage axis to in 22mag, which I let the accutrigger down as for as it would go, and love it, at about 2lbs. I've also had an axis that did not have the accutrigger, but clipped 1.5 rounds of trigger spring and ended up with about 3 lbs, with no problems. However, last week I bought an axis II in 308, and, after not liking the trigger let all the way down (it only went to about 3.5), I started clipping the trigger spring, a half round at a time, until I got it to about 2.5, dry firing. I should probably never have done the next step. but I thought I'd adjust the safety screw on the accutrigger, to stop the rattle. It was perfect, dry firing, but when I went to the range, the trigger would freeze after a shot or 2. I had it apart and trying to figure out the problem, more than I shot it, today, at the range. I'm getting 1/2" groups at 50 yards, which is where I zero all my hunting guns, because I hunt the NGA mountains, where most shots will be between 25-75 yards. The problem is the trigger freezing, like the safety is on (not even the safety blade in the middle of the trigger will move) after I fire it 1 or 2 times. Every time I take the trigger gaurd off and adjust the safety adjustment again until it will dry fire, but when I actually shoot it a couple times, it freezes again. I even tried running the trigger screw in until it was back to 3.5 lbs, and it still dry fired fine, but actually shooting it, still the trigger froze. I know some will want to tell me that I should never have cut the trigger spring or moved the safety set screw, but I already have; too late, now. Can anyone suggest anything else that may need tweeked?
