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I have a Ruger M77 with tang safety. The original trigger has a pull that is too heavy. I wish to replace or modify the trigger. Here is what I think my options are:

1. Modify the original trigger for a lighter pull.
2. Reinstall a Canjar trigger. I�ve already had this trigger installed twice and removed twice because it kept misfiring when used as a hair trigger.
3. Install the Rifle Basix Sear (http://www.riflebasix.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=204). My understanding is that the original trigger is used with a new sear.
4. Install a Timney trigger (http://www.timneytriggers.com/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=23). I am wary of this trigger because I am told that it makes the tang safety switch very mushy.

Please let me know if there are other trigger options available and give me your recommendations.

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the trigger on the tang safety rugers is adjustable. I have timneys in my rugers,the safety is not mushy at all in fact it is a bit stiffer to set.


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I used the Rifle Basix sear on my 77. It's easy and you get a good pull. What weight pull are you trying to get?


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I think Dayton Traister makes a trigger for the old M77, check their website.


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I have a Ruger 77 Mark 2 in 243 and I did a trigger job on it. If you polish the bolt sear and the top of the trigger where it meets the sear you can drop the trigger pull dramiticily. I think my trigger pull is somewhere in the area of 1 lb if that. Some don't like it that light but it made my groups shrink. It did not affect the safety at all and I swear by it, I dropped my gun out of the deer stand a couple of years ago and the gun did not go off, I think I was in a 16 foot ladder stand. Start with 400 grit emory cloth and work your way up to 800 grit and pick up a 6 pack of your favorite beer, and make a night of it. It will take a little while, but it's a lot cheaper then buying a $100 plus trigger.


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A word of caution!

I know that the Timney trigger is wider, so that if you select it, you will need to mill a larger slot in the trigger guard. This would not be a problem if the trigger guard was steel, but the tang safety Ruger 77 uses an alloy trigger guard that cracks very easily. I know this because it happened to me when upgrading the triggers on a couple of tang safety 77 RSIs.

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I found out also that Ruger has an overtravel adjustment screw retrofit for the tang safety rifles. Ruger sends them for free. mtmuley

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a flat mill file and needle files work just fine for opening the slot in the trigger guard. You can even wrap the file in medium emery paper.


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