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    Closing the bolt...fire a cartridge?

    Spent this afternoon reducing the trigger pull weight on a Savage Axis (without the Accu-trigger).

    The trigger came in at over 8 pounds and cannot be adjusted unless you build up the trigger point that engages the sear.

    However before I got the trigger to my desired weight, I at one point didn't have enough sear engagement. When I quickly closed the bolt the firing pin would drop (fixed now as even if butt pad dropped on the floor will not fire).

    My question is: if a bolt is closed fast and the firing pin runs forward due to not enough sear engagement, could a loaded round in the chamber be fired?
    A good job and a good wife has been the ruin of many a good hunter.

 

 

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