Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Best aftermarket trigger for Ruger 77 Mark II?

I've got a Ruger 77 Mark II in 6mm, and I had an excellent gunsmith install a Timney trigger on it. I asked the pull weight be set at 4.75 pounds, which he did, but it is not really crisp. I am considering having it adusted down to 3.5 pounds, more like the Timney was designed to operate. But before doing that I was curious what experiences people have had with other brand triggers, like Rifle Basix, Dayton-Traister, etc., in Ruger 77 Mark II's? My personal standard for a crisp trigger is what I have on my Remington 700 - a stock trigger, professionally adjusted, and very crisp. Any insights are appreciated

Not to hard to get the factory trigger to 3.5lbs with out creep

Probably the best aftermarket "hunting weight" trigger for the Ruger 77 Mk II is a professionally tuned factory trigger. They are easily capable of a crisp, 3 lb + pull.

To answer your question SpecTech. The owner is a good guy too...

jim

http://spec-tech-industries.com

I had the spect tech trigger on my m77 Hawkeye ss and it got the pull weight down but was still very creepy. I sold the rifle because of the trigger. I have yet to see a light crisp trigger in a ruger and because of that I'm done with rugers.

I have 8 or so timney triggers in mkiis and hawkeyes. I run them at about 1.5lbs or so. They seem pretty crisp to me. I have a couple stoned and resprung Hawkeye triggers and they seem fine.

To the OP, I would see what they can do to the timney, take it down a little and adjust it bit and see what it's like

Yes. Just have someone in the know beaver away at the stock trigger.

4.75 lbs is a bit heavy to my taste. Either a Timney or a MkII should be able to be tweaked by any competent gunsmith to be much better than that, and crisp - and I've done it. My own 2 tang (Old Model) Rugers, which triggers are much more raw than the Mk II, break at 3 to 3.5 lbs - about a pound heavier than I prefer, but that's as far as I dared go with the factory trigger. With just a tiny bit of creep.

As for the guy that gave up on Rugers.... Ha ha! I also hunt with Mauser 98's, and Remington 700 and 725. One of these days I'll get around to a Model 70...

No dead critters have yet complained about being shot with my Rugers....

I'm in agreement with the guys saying the stock MKII trigger can be tuned by a good smith. Surprised the OP's smith didn't make that suggestion. Mine are all set to 2 3/4 pounds with no creep and very crisp. Just the way I like them....Just as good (if not better) than any timney I've ever had...