Broke down - bought a Ruger Mk IV Target

[ford8nr]

Got all my parts today - trigger kit and grips. Tomorrow is build day.

 

[ford8nr]

Did some final polishing on the new parts eventhough they looked great. Tore it down, installed Volquartsen guts and Alamount grips, took about 45 mins. Only problem was when the safety fell out and that wasn't part of the instructions. Easy enough to figure it out though. Trigger pull is fantastic, just under 2#.

 

[stchman]

It really cheeses me off that one can pay quite a bit of money for what should be a fine .22LR pistol, and it has a crappy trigger. I really hate that about my Mk IV Hunter...so disappointed.

I don't know where people get it, my Mark III Hunter has a fantastic trigger (~4lbs) and my Mark III 22/45 is about the same(did I just get lucky?). Both are a pleasure to shoot and will hollow out the bullseye at 10 yards. Both my Mark IIIs are 100% stock besides removing the magazine disconnect. I've yet to shoot a Mark IV, but people say the trigger is better than the Mark III.

 

[ford8nr]

A 4# trigger is great, untill you shoot a 2# trigger with the creep and overtravel dialed out of it.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

X2....

A VQ sear, a couple of sets screws in the factory trigger for pre and post travel and a MK II hammer bushing to take the disconnect out of guns with them plus a little elbow grease is all it takes to have a great trigger in a Ruger MK gun

 

[stchman]

A 4# trigger is great, untill you shoot a 2# trigger with the creep and overtravel dialed out of it.

I agree, but the poster I was quoting made it sound like his Mark IV had a 10# gritty stiff trigger. I realize that you aren't going to get a competition trigger for the ~$500 you spend on a Mark IV Hunter, but it is a VERY nice gun with a nice trigger for that price.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

The only MK IV I have shot had a trigger that I thought was much worse than factory MK I-III guns I have shot....I put a VQ kit in the gun for the owner. Its pretty darn nice now.

 

[Doublehelix]

I may have a line on a used MK III in the next week or so. It has a VQ bull barrel on it from what my friend has told me.

He says he hates the trigger and prefers all of his S&W .22's which is why he is willing to sell it to me for a low price.

We will see what I find...

 

[AlexanderA]

The only MK IV I have shot had a trigger that I thought was much worse than factory MK I-III guns I have shot...

I bought the whole series (the Mark I, II, III, and IV) as each one came out. Of these, only the Mark I had a decent target trigger right out of the box. All the others needed work, and the amount of work increased with each new iteration. In general, each new Mark had new good features (that made it worth buying) but also had new bad features. For example, the Mark III had the misbegotten loaded-chamber indicator, as well as the magazine disconnector, and the Mark IV doubled down on the magazine disconnector and made it twice as complicated.

I have still not read a satisfactory explanation as to why Ruger added the nub on the back of the trigger (in the Mark III and IV) that engages a notch in the magazine and raises the magazine as the trigger is pulled. That seems to be a solution in search of a problem, and it undoubtedly adds to the trigger-pull weight. (If the magazine is seated properly, that feature serves no function at all.) I use Clark triggers without the nub, and all is well.