Longdayjake
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I thought about putting this in the Gunsmithing section, but it has some general rifle issues that I think may be useful to those that just can't get their rifles to work.
Well, about 7 months ago I bought a Ruger M77 MKII in .30-06 for $300 from a guy. He was asking me how to put iron sights on it because he just couldn't get it to group with his scope. I instantly offered him $300 bucks for it and he accepted. Turns out that he was frustrated with the trigger, and the poor groups he was getting. Well, the first thing I noticed when he dropped it off was that the scope was a cheap bushnell. Nothing against you Bushnell believers, but 99% of the time a gun won't hold a zero I find a Bushnell on top of it. The second thing I noticed when I went to change the scope was that the screws were so tight I had a REALLY hard time getting them loose. Upon removing the scope I found that he had crushed the tube a little. Hopefully you can see this in the picture.
Anyway, I own a new m77 hawkey with the LC6 trigger which is pretty good though not perfect but I noticed that the trigger on this .30-06 was horrid. So, after a little web research, I did a little trigger job of my own. I cut the trigger spring down little by little and polished the sear and the trigger to a bright shine. Then I shaved just a little off the trigger to lessen the angle just a tad and all of the sudden I had a 2 1/2 lb trigger instead of the heavy 6-7 lb. There is still the slightest amount of creep but I am not confident enough of my ability to try and get rid of it. Some time later I will drill and tap a screw through the trigger guard to get rid of over travel but all in all I am very pleased with the result. Total work took about 30 minutes. In about 5 minutes I'm going to take it out and see how it groups.
Oh and I took the skeleton stock off of it and replaced it with a discontinued BOYD's thumbhole. Oh and I replaced the Bushnell with a VXIII 2.5x8 Leupold.
Well, about 7 months ago I bought a Ruger M77 MKII in .30-06 for $300 from a guy. He was asking me how to put iron sights on it because he just couldn't get it to group with his scope. I instantly offered him $300 bucks for it and he accepted. Turns out that he was frustrated with the trigger, and the poor groups he was getting. Well, the first thing I noticed when he dropped it off was that the scope was a cheap bushnell. Nothing against you Bushnell believers, but 99% of the time a gun won't hold a zero I find a Bushnell on top of it. The second thing I noticed when I went to change the scope was that the screws were so tight I had a REALLY hard time getting them loose. Upon removing the scope I found that he had crushed the tube a little. Hopefully you can see this in the picture.
Anyway, I own a new m77 hawkey with the LC6 trigger which is pretty good though not perfect but I noticed that the trigger on this .30-06 was horrid. So, after a little web research, I did a little trigger job of my own. I cut the trigger spring down little by little and polished the sear and the trigger to a bright shine. Then I shaved just a little off the trigger to lessen the angle just a tad and all of the sudden I had a 2 1/2 lb trigger instead of the heavy 6-7 lb. There is still the slightest amount of creep but I am not confident enough of my ability to try and get rid of it. Some time later I will drill and tap a screw through the trigger guard to get rid of over travel but all in all I am very pleased with the result. Total work took about 30 minutes. In about 5 minutes I'm going to take it out and see how it groups.
Oh and I took the skeleton stock off of it and replaced it with a discontinued BOYD's thumbhole. Oh and I replaced the Bushnell with a VXIII 2.5x8 Leupold.