American Rifle trigger

[TRanger]

I notice the new Ruger American Rifle has a trigger that appears to be a dead ringer for the Savage Accu-Trigger. I thought Savage had a patent on this feature. How is it Ruger can utilize it without infringing on the patent, or am I wrong about this?

 

[Warthog]

I notice the new Ruger American Rifle has a trigger that appears to be a dead ringer for the Savage Accu-Trigger. I thought Savage had a patent on this feature. How is it Ruger can utilize it without infringing on the patent, or am I wrong about this?

With light triggers there is a chance of discharge if the rifle is dropped or bumped, which is why you need the little sheet metal thing. The Savage extra piece of spring loaded sheet metal will "catch" the sear before it hits the firing pin it the rifle is dropped. I understand the American little piece of sheet metal (I don't know what to call it) locks the trigger in place. Remington could use something like this as they have good triggers, but have been sued in the past due to inadvertent discharges.

Warthog

 

[mattsbox99]

Remington doesn't have any kind of 'accutrigger' yet, Marlin, Ruger, and Savage do. Its all sort of a variation of Glocks original Safe Action trigger and many companies have copied that.

Anyway, I don't believe Savage has the patent on the design, but they do trademark AccuTrigger.

 

[pisgah]

There are very, very few patentable ideas in firearms design After a few hundred years, there are not many truly new ideas left, and the "Accutrigger" is not one of them. There have been many, many "safety triggers" and "automatic safeties "through the decades. Furthermore, a patent is not necessarily worth a whole lot. Especially with a simple mechanism like a trigger, it is awfully easy to avoid patent infringements by making very minor changes in the design without changing the basic function one whit.

 

[TRanger]

Thanks for the replies. Apparently, I was under a false assumption.