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My son has a Ruger .270 with the tang safety that I purchased for him most likely around 1983 or so. I shot the rifle today for the first time in 30 years or more and I cannot believe how bad the trigger in that thing is. The funny thing is it shoots little small groups if you can concentrate while pulling that 10# plus trigger.

A quick search for triggers only brought up Timney as an aftermarket trigger for this model. I have installed many Timney triggers in Remington rifles and they are fine for hunting but I thought I would ask if anyone knows a different/better manufacturer I could use to replace the unit?

I have replaced the original trigger with models from Timney and found that the Timney is an okay replacement, but it has noticeable overtravel. The original trigger is easily adjusted and I prefer the adjusted Ruger trigger to the Timney replacement trigger.

Thanks, I will look into adjusting it.

The trigger is easy to adjust on the tang safety Ruger 77.I was able to get mine down to 2.5lbs.

Does anyone know of an illustration or video that takes you through adjusting a Ruger tang safety trigger? I just got a 77RS in .358 and the trigger will need help.

Well I did some Google searches and what I came up with was that adjusting the trigger screw will do little to nothing to help the trigger, some recommend cutting or purchasing a new trigger spring, plus adjusting the trigger sear engagement screw, others say all you need to do is hone the sear a little of remove the rough spots, others say you must purchase a Rifle Basix sear. So there is a lot of confusing information out there and they is no consensus as to how to do this.

Timney is the only option. If you can find a Canjar trigger somewhere it is sweet.

I think you may be right.

Just a heads up if you go with the Timney option. If you install a Timney in a tang safety Ruger 77 you have to enlarge the rectangular slot in the trigger guard quite a bit and in so doing you are susceptible to having the alloy trigger guard crack on the left or right because they seem to be brittle. It isn't a huge deal because the trigger guard isn't structural, but it is something to be aware of.

I have the Ruger tang safety 77 and when I inherited it from my older brother, I had the trigger adjusted down to a 4 pound pull to match my other centerfire rifles. Very satisfactory now.

I adjusted the sear screw by turning it in until it fired.Then I backed the screw out until it would stay cocked and screwed it back in several times establishing the location of the screw slot where the rifle would fire.From that point I backed the screw out past the point the rifle would fire and adjusted my pull weight from there.Once I set my pull weight,with the rifle cocked and off safety,unloaded of course,I slammed the bolt shut really hard multiple times and bounced the rifle butt off the floor multiple times and the rifle never fired,so I feel comfortable it won't accidentally fire.I also put a drop of glue on the side of the screw so it doesn't move over time.

Yep, 'Smith either put an Ernie the gunsmith spring or clipped the factory spring on the M-77 tanger in 7x57 i bought little Wife, it's perfect!

There are steel trigger guards available to replace the pot metal ones, if necessary. My two tangers have Ruger triggers in them, adjusted down to, IIRC, 3 and 3 1/2 # respectively - as low as I could get them and still be safe as per the post by baldhunter for safety check.

The tang safety M77 I had could only be gotten to about 4 lbs with considerable creep by adjusting the screws. When it comes to stoning sears and clipping springs I let a gunsmith handle it. That rifle was stolen in a break in at my Dad's place so I never got the trigger like I wanted it.

I'm sure a good gunsmith (key phrase being "good") could work the stock trigger to a nice crisp 2.5 lbs which is about as heavy a pull as I'm willing to accept on a hunting rifle nowadays. 4 lbs isn't acceptable to me.

I have a 22-250 AI M77 that I bought used. Has a sweet custom trigger. I will see if I can see the brand……as soon as I get into my gun safe with the skitzo push button lock.