Riomouse911
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10-22 right, 581 left.
I took the old (1985) Ruger 10-22 out a couple of weeks ago and I realized the trigger pull was, to be kind, monstrous.
I looked for an improvement, and after passing on the expensive aftermarket ones due to the cost I found the Ruger BX trigger group on sale at Midway. It got to me last Tuesday, and it took all of ten minutes to break it down, drop it in and reassemble it. A few dry fire tries showed a marked improvement over the tonnage needed to trip the original... but it needed a range run to wring it out properly.
Shot it indoors at 25 yds (all I had) with three brands of ammo: MagTech standard velocity 40gr LRN, Aguila 40 gr Interceptor plated RN and Remington 40 gr golden bullet plated RN.
Only hiccup was a FTE with a MagTech round in the second magazine full. All the rest worked perfectly. I had to walk the scope back into play for the Ruger (it was about 2” high at 25 to start) while my Rem 581 was a tad low and left.)
The BX trigger was fantastic, crisp and smooth out of the box. In fact the first two went off before I was ready, it was so much lighter than the original.
Groups shrank with the BX as well, and both the 10-22 and the Rem 581 loved the Aguila interceptor...1/4” 5 shot groups were the norm with both. (I was resting an elbow while standing at the indoor range shelf as my “bench”)
The others were a bit larger, but none more than 7/8”.
If you are thinking about an upgrade, this BX trigger upgrade worked really well for me. Anyone, no matter how mechanically challenged, can drop it in in a few minutes and it’ll lighten up a stock trigger big time. It’s no Volquarson, but it’s a heck of a lot less expensive than the Vol set up is.
Stay safe!
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