Desh savage bolt lift kit

[bobcat93]

Ive read all sorts of mixed reviews on savage bolt lift kits.
I have an older model 12 and its been used alot
I was having a problem when i lift bolt to eject and lode the lift was so heavy it would yank the rifle sideways pulling it waaaay off target unless i help on to my scope
Mail man drop kit off today.
It took me 2 minutes to install kit
It seems to work very well in my rifle..they claim practical 20-30% improvement and i would say its about 30% better then it was.
And im cool with that.
Nice simple little kit..pretty cool.
I would suggest one ,it was 23$ and i feel i got my moneys worth in improvement.

 

[K9TXS]

Snake Oil Salesman: A snake oil salesman is a person who sells a worthless product or remedy to people for money.

I found the desh a gimmick and not worth the money at all. Back in the 60's at car shows there was a company selling a gimmick that plugged into the top of your distributer cap and then the coil wire plugged into that. The company had all sorts of claims of what it could do.

I bought one, and broke it open at the show and started showing the crowd who was watching the snake oil salesman spew out his words. After a couple of minutes, the police escorted me out of the building.

desh does not make these. He buys the parts from companies that sell parts for remote control toy cars and sells them as his own invention.

If you add the desh kit to the bolt, it will compress the spring on the firing pin assembly making it harder to lift the bolt. So you need to adjust the cocking sleeve to relieave some of the spring tension. If you don't install the desh kit and just relieve spring tension, it will accomplish the same thing.

Better yet, invest in a longer bolt handle which will increase your leverage and you can leave the firing pin assemble alone. Cleaning up the assembly, lugs, etc on a regular basis with a new bolt handle is the best way to go.

 

[dusterdave173]

Nope you get the spacer and it does not compress the spring
His kits work and for the $$ is worth the try
FWIW I have used them on 3 Savage rifles--
First one Big improvement, second one--maybe not as much but improved--third one not as much as the others but still for $23
No one does a better job than him on Savage bolt bushings
Last I talked with him was maybe 6 months ago?? He was fighting illness--Great guy and an asset to the community --not sure he is still taking in work or not
Deal with confidence--he is a stand up guy

 

[426nut]

YMMV. I've noticed improvement on two new axis II rifles and also an older 10 series that all had the desh kits installed. E.

 

[Fuj]

I don't use any kits. Any stock part that rubs during the sequence gets
polished, then everything gets a dusting of Dri-Slide.......Bottom line; It's
the abrupt resistance of the cock on opening. Lift kits do not solve that
problem. They may mask it a little, but that's all.

 

[Mark W]

One of the smoothest operating bolts that own is a Savage PTA that I sent to Desh and had him work it over. No complaints here. It was a great value and the gun shoots great.

 

[centershot]

Model 12 comes with a larger, longer bolt handle. I think it was a Cabella's thing.

 

[bobcat93]

Hocus Pocus, smoke and mirrors.
When my rifle is on the bench ( bi-pod front, shooting bag rear) and i need to eject a case to reload. When operating the bolt the lift would almost pick up the rifle and lean it to about 2-3 o'clock. Unless i applied pressure to top of scope to hold it in place. (That is no exaggeration)
No it doesnt do it. I can keep my eye on target and not get out of position.
So it worked for me
Its not a kelbly, its a savage.
Kelbly, goes back to the guys who hand crafted it
Savage gets the hack fix.
But for a savage mine is pretty sweet. Im proud to own it. About the only thing savage on it is the bare action now..maybe thats why its so nice..hahaha
Im kidding..i got love for Savage.
They are a pretty cool company who has stuck, and stayed. Not an easy acomplish in 2025.
I dont care what any one says.
Savage deserve some respect for standing the test of time..to a world of absolutely horrible, nit picking, pain in the butt customers.who have the balls to complain about a 500$ rifle that can group...
Yep!, that would be us..hahaha
All together now ..hip hip.. hooray

 

[DShortt]

Hocus Pocus, smoke and mirrors.
When my rifle is on the bench ( bi-pod front, shooting bag rear) and i need to eject a case to reload. When operating the bolt the lift would almost pick up the rifle and lean it to about 2-3 o'clock. Unless i applied pressure to top of scope to hold it in place. (That is no exaggeration)
No it doesnt do it. I can keep my eye on target and not get out of position.
So it worked for me
Its not a kelbly, its a savage.
Kelbly, goes back to the guys who hand crafted it
Savage gets the hack fix.
But for a savage mine is pretty sweet. Im proud to own it. About the only thing savage on it is the bare action now..maybe thats why its so nice..hahaha
Im kidding..i got love for Savage.
They are a pretty cool company who has stuck, and stayed. Not an easy acomplish in 2025.
I dont care what any one says.
Savage deserve some respect for standing the test of time..to a world of absolutely horrible, nit picking, pain in the butt customers.who have the balls to complain about a 500$ rifle that can group...
Yep!, that would be us..hahaha
All together now ..hip hip.. hooray

I have 3 Savage actions. Like you, only one is as-sold and probably won't stay that way for much longer.
THE biggest complaint I have about them is the bolt lift. You can add a longer handle and add a bearing or polish and lube whatever you want. Bolt lift still sucks.
But it wasn't ever designed to be a benchrest gun. So add all the lipstick you want. It's still what it is.
Next action I buy will NOT be a Savage. Cheaper in the long run, anyway.

 

[Rocketvapor]

Sometimes more than a lift kit is needed smooth up a Savage.
Send it off or do it yourself.
Once smoothed up, work on the AccuTrigger.
Kitchen assembled this one for the Wife.

 

[DShortt]

People like Savage, among other things, because barrel swaps can be accomplished with minimal equipment and skill.
That's all well and good *if* you can find a source for prefit barrels that are worth buying and chambered correctly without some manner of screw-up involved.
I could not. Bought a lathe and do my own now. Negates the advantage of a barrel nut.
But again, Savage never marketed their rifles as benchrest competition guns.
As I've said before, I have no 'wood' hanging on the wall so my opinion matters not.

 

[NorCalMikie]

Sometimes more than a lift kit is needed smooth up a Savage.
Send it off or do it yourself.
Once smoothed up, work on the AccuTrigger.
Kitchen assembled this one for the Wife.

Not much bolt lift effort and free recoil no less.

I have maybe 5 lift kits installed. Installed and tried a bunch but, not THAT impressed with any of them. Had to try them to know.
When the bolt lift on any of my Savage rigs is as good as my Remington XP 100, I WILL be happy. And a longer/tactical bolt handle DOES help. Got them on all of mine.

 

[Fuj]

For what it's worth......Another reason I don't get bothered with bolt
lift is the heavier weight of the rifles I shoot. I have the one I just finished
shooting in the ones and not started the seating depth tests on it yet.

Yo', Rocket Vapor !! Where you been hiding ??

 

[JSH]

Savage does market a BR model, it is a good looking rig. I have two.
One would be hard pressed to complain about how the shoot for the $$$$.
I have not put a lift kit on any of mine, but I think about it once in a while.
Yeah other actions spoil ya, but I started with a savage and will always have a few.

 

[JB10]

I installed the kit on 2 savages and did not feel any difference. One is an axis and other is a 12fv. A friend did one on his 12fv and he swears by it. But at same time he put a difference bolt knob on. I will say that the 110 and 12fv i have are way better than the axis. While the 2 axis rifles i have i wish were better, they were still cheep priced and i knew what i was buying.

 

[ISS]

Interesting dichotomy here. I have never had a Savage that would not group under 1/2" after load testing. I have to except the one I have in 338 Lapua. That one is against the wall at 5/8" or so at a hundred. The Varmint calibers and wildcats group well enough for anything short of long range benchrest.
Ask any other mfgr to offer RB/LP or dual ports.

 

[Turkeytider]

I don't use any kits. Any stock part that rubs during the sequence gets
polished, then everything gets a dusting of Dri-Slide.......Bottom line; It's
the abrupt resistance of the cock on opening. Lift kits do not solve that
problem. They may mask it a little, but that's all.

That’s my thought. Do I wish that my Model 12 LRPV was a bit easier to lift? At times, perhaps. Does it really bother me? No. It’s a single shot that I shoot slowly on the bench, it’s not that bad, so no big deal. Otherwise, the gun has been flawless through 1700+ rounds and a lot of fun to shoot . VERY accurate at 500 yards ( .223 ).

 

[bobcat93]

Hahaha..who said work on an accutrigger....ill work on throwing it in the trash.! .hahha..
I have never once said (boy im glad that flippy thing is right in the middle of my trigger.).that was a close call. Just dumb.

I believe triggers use to be hand assembled up till
in the late 90 early 2000's is about the time the gun industry started moving from employee operated machine, to CNC. This is where the problem started and the need arouse for layers because of (Remington) dont be fooled it wasnt Colt and some dumb parents gives their metal kid an AR-15 and he shoot up his schools ..no no no..it was big green mucking everything up
The way i remember it all went down

If any one gun company did anything to complicate the gun industry it was Remington with all the faulty triggers. Almost like it was a set up
I look at it like this.
Ive worked in a production setting, building cabinets years back , if anything is wrong that day in the shop..(we knew it) absolutely nothing left our shop we were not fully aware of. And that was a cabinet shop..not an expensive rifle manufacturing plant
So when any product you buy is faulty.
You know damn well some said screw it, ship it , will fix it later . Remington did that over, and over,and over before they needed to get a smack and still wouldnt straighten up. So now we have these safety triggers,
I think Walther was the first to install that odd trigger in a hand gun .with the flippy safety parts .
And that is when i stopped looking at walther

Aaaaah! Makes me want to scream man! A person buys a rifle in 2025 for the action and has to throw the rest away because its unusable. (By most of our standards, we just spoild here at accurate shooter forum i guess)
Rough scratched up barrels, hollow plastic junk stocks, horrible triggers, and the for the grand finale! toss in a key to unlock your firing pin?
3 saftys on a trigger and some mechanism so you cant reload a magazine to fast..
So the cops can keep up hahaha..this world is pretty twisted.
Its very very easy to forget where the responsibility lays .the more time passes the easier it is to lie.
So if any of you new shooters want to know why savage even has an accutrigger..just ask Remington..see what they tell you.
Oh im pissed now..where are my heart pills

 

[Fuj]

Oh im pissed now..where are my heart pills

Sounds like your more hung over from yesterday's green festivities.
Maybe hair of the dog over them pills......

 

[D-4297]

Buddy had a Savage that I did a lot of work on for him . Parts added to the Accu-trigger , Bolt lift kit , that I think He got from one of the vendors here on Accurate , and I put my Dremel to work , making some "adjustments" to the angles of the cocking ramp , and a few other areas throughout the bolt . It now opens and closes with the pressure of one finger , and he grins like a five year old . And Yes ! It locks up like it's supposed to when closed .
Savage could put a little more into their engineering and machine work to get a better result , but SURPRISE ! It would cost more !