I had a Ruger M77 270 with the tang safety. It was a very good rifle but the trigger, like yours, needed some help. The last M77 i got in I ended up changing out springs and honing/polishing the internals to fix the trigger pull but it was a slow, tedious process.
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Yep the Mark series are way easier I am told. But I have a lot of history with this old Ruger. Killed my first Elk with it and many after that, had to have the barrel replaced and man it shot so much better. I'll never sell that rifle.
I botched a bedding job in mine as a teenager. Stupid is as stupid does and I was stupid. Later I needed some money and sold it. I killed a trainload of deer with that rifle and won many of our little unknown distance $5 ante Sunday evening neighborhood shootouts. It was a cold bore killer. I really wish I had it back. I later bought one of their polymer cutout stocked stainless rifles but I never could warm up to it. Sold it and got a Model 70 Sporter in 270. I won't ever sell or part with it.
Rugers to me seem to give a bit more felt recoil due mainly to their stock dimensions and my physical characteristics. I get this with some of the Tikka's as well. I like to put a good recoil pad on them and cut somewhere between 1/8-1/4 inch of pitch into the stock. Or add a pitch spacer. Cuts way down on cheek slap and muzzle rise.
Got the M-Carbo trigger spring in and took less than 3 minutes to replace it. Be careful! The replacement spring from M-Carbo is small and I dropped it as soon as I opened it and looked for 10 minutes to find it. That was the longest part of the whole job.
Also some use a screw driver and cross thread the screw into the threads. Don't shortcut it by not removing the trigger assembly as it is easy to cross thread it they say. Mine went fine and even though I thought I wanted a 2 pound trigger I was happy with a 1 pound 6 oz trigger pull.
Let me know how your Mountain Tactical trigger spring does.
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Well, I ended up ordering from a guy on Accurate Shooter….
I just got in from doctors and will have my knee surgery Tuesday early in the morning so I may not read how yours went until a few days later.
I wish you well and a good report my friend.
I wish you well and a good report my friend.
Did it! Your right bultinkle . Even on trigger adjustments I always slam the butt on an empty chamber just to make sure.
Also good to engage the safety, then pull the trigger a couple times, then flip the safety off with a little authority and see if the hammer drops. I've had that happen once or twice when using lightened sear engagement springs.
