Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Ruger #1 trigger upgrades ... what's available?

If I get a #1 for varminting, it'll get a trigger upgrade.
My deer rig is OK as is.
Have not scaled it.

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My Ruger No 1B, 25-06, had a factory trigger that was almost like starting a chain saw. My group sizes ran about 1 to 1.5 inches at best. A friend who works with the AR platform said that Jard, Inc. was making a good trigger for the Ruger. It greatly simplifies the complex geometry of the stock trigger.

I ordered one, had him install it with the 2.5 lb spring kit for my hunting,and floated the forearm. The kit comes with 1 3/4 to 4 lbs.

My next group using Nosler's 100 gr BT @ 3,200 fps went .653 .

I can recommend it as a really good alternative to the stock trigger.

The Moyer is still available. Call him; I talked to him about 10 days ago. He's in Mountain Home (ID). Website is http://www.moyersgunrepair.com

Kepplinger is still in business, too, but nobody brings them in to the USA now. If you want to import one for your own personal use, you need a permit from ATF.

I bought a Moyer, it looked like it was cast pot metal with no finish work so I returned it. Since Kepplingers were hard to find at the time I went with a Jard.
It's a good trigger, the tiniest amount of creep, but the finish is nice (miles above the Moyer)and the pull weight chosen at 2.5# has helped with accuracy by large margin compared to the factory 5.5# that I had.

I did keep the Mould's speed hammer I purchased along with the trigger; I had this installed at the same time I did the Jard, so it's hard to tell if this has provided any advantage.

I would recommend the Jard.

I mentioned the roughness of the Moyer a few weeks back. From my experience it seems to be a fairly good grade of cast steel. After carefully grinding, filing and polishing the roughness off and shaping like I wanted, it blues quite nicely. Honestly if I had to do it again I would probably go with one of the Jard triggers.