Ruger Mark II trigger
 

Any suggestions about which aftermarket triggeris best without breaking thebank?
Thanks

RE: Ruger Mark II trigger
 

I put a Timney on my last one. Just keep in mind, though, thatit requires some modification with a file or Dremel tool to make it fit and have the safety to work properly. That's just the way it was designed. It's not a major ordeal, took me all of about 15 or 20 minutes, but if you feel uncomfortable making this adjustment to it you may want to consider a different brand.

RE: Ruger Mark II trigger
 

I would get a Timney also...;)

RE: Ruger Mark II trigger
 

Sum replacement triggers only replace the actual trigger others like the Timney replace the sear also. I have used the Timney a few times and it 's a very good trigger when complete. Be very careful when filing the factory safety and do a little at a time and then check out the trigger. I wasn't so careful the first trigger I did and made the safety an unsafety and had to return the rifle to Ruger to replace the safety.

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Not to hijack or anything but I recently bought my wife a Ruger. The trigger was pretty bad. I paid $35 and the resident gunsmith fixed it rather nicely. It now pulls about 3.5 lbs. That's alot cheaper than $80-100 for an after market replacement. Withthat said, the Timney's are good... no doubt. Good luck.

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oeh, I don't recall touching the safety at all (with a file or Dremel) on the one I just did (which turned out perfectly BTW),but instead ground away part of the new trigger so that the safety could be engaged in the "on" position with just a bare minimum of clearance between it and the trigger. Without grinding (or filing) away part of the trigger you would not be able toengage the safety. Timney designed it this way so that you could custom fit the trigger to your particular rifle. I may check it again tonight to make sure, but I'mprettysure I didn't alter thefactorysafety at all.

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I had a local g-smith work on the trigger on my Ruger too. Man it was sweet after that! Saved me some money, too. Jim

RE: Ruger Mark II trigger
 

Timmey, pretty expensive but a good trigger, Rifle Basix makes on also never had one on a ruger but have one on a Marlin 22mag it works good also,

DONT file or grind your safety , do the work to the new timney trigger it has paint on it where your supposed to do the work. If you feel CONFIDENT with a file or dremmel this works great but you only have one shot at it and I cant stress enouph that you need to be compentent to do this!!
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I had my trigger worked over and it made sweet rig. $35.00 and no replacement !!!

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Good suggestions all. Thanks. I think I'll have a smith work it first and see how that turns out.

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I wouldn't grind a safety unless the instructions clearly indicated such. I even called Timney to confirm this. They must have had plenty of complaints about the procedure and changed the thickness of the trigger bottom and the procedure because of that. My 22 Hornet with its instructions also indicated to grind away the safety until it fits correctly. I am glad they changed the procedure.It is easier to get a replacement trigger from Timney then a safety from Ruger.Either way if your not careful the safety will not function.

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As long as you have some good polishing stones you can do it your self. I did my own on a 270 Stainless and its not hard at all. It does take about 2hours but it very worth it. Jovan

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I just picked up my Ruger 25-06 Stainless today. I had requested that the shop do a trigger job on it right away, knowing how Ruger triggers are. When the guy I was dealing with brought it out, I asked if the trigger work had been done already or if I needed to check it into their gunsmith area now. He said he was pretty sure they hadn't done anything to it yet. He put the bolt in and cycled it and dry-fired it a couple of times. As he was doing this, he kind of had a weird look on his face and said it was an exceptional trigger and that they must have worked on it. I tried it, too, and it was really light and crisp with no creep.Then he took it into the back to ask the gunsmith and came back a few minutes later shaking his head. He said they hadn't touched it but that it was exceptional and that he wouldn't have expected that from Ruger.

So instead of getting anything done to the new 25-06, I dropped off my old tang safety M77 7mag to have its trigger reworked. Thatone needed help in a *big* way. :)

RE: Ruger Mark II trigger
 

oldelkhunter I was refering to the MK11 when I was talking about grinding or fileing, I am not familar with trigger work on the 77/22 like you hornet, Im not real sure but I think timneys fix for the 77/22 was a sear replacement only and it might have involved some safety work I just am not sure!! My apologies!!

Also I have read that Ruger is addressing the trigger issues for 2006 and if cjs stainless is new that might answer why his trigger was so good out of the box either way its great that it doesnt need an after market or work on it!!

RE: Ruger Mark II trigger
 

Squirreldog..it was an MK II in 300 win mag . The timney trigger kit at that time came with those instructions. My Hornet had the same deal. Seems like they have 3 different variations of their trigger out there. In 95 I had to send my rifle to timney to do the trigger and they utilized the factory trigger and sear..a few years later the kit came out with trigger/sear and the safety filed down and now your telling me that the trigger gets filed down and not the safety. That is a better deal. I had to remove 1/8" off my safety so their trigger would work if I had removed 1/8" from the bottom of their trigger it would have broken in two pieces.

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Never seen one of those jewells oldelkhunter,

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