I purchased this rifle about 1.5 years ago. Reasons were, wanted a 6.5 CM caliber rifle, bolt action, Left hand bolt. Mainly just to shoot at the range at distances from 100 to 300 yds, or even to 600 yds and elsewhere and enjoy shooting lots of rounds during the day. Scope ended up being 4.5x14 Leupold 30mm tube, wind plex crosshairs.
Shoots fine 3 shot groups under inch, 5 shot groups is what I normally shoot and it is over 1 inch in those.
I have used triggers that broke in oz.'s not pounds in target rifles. This was near 6lbs pull. Heavy but, otherwise not bad. So, being a range rifle not a hunting rifle I got the Timney adjustable trigger. It will adjust from 1.5 to 2 pounds, no weight given to what it will be at. I have it set to break at what appears to be 2.25lbs in the center of it's adjustment.
The 77 triggers are easy to take apart, maybe the easiest of any bolt guns I own. With this trigger install I spend about 4 hours, I work slow and fitting is done a little at a time. I first had to file the trigger vertical shaft, above the trigger pin to pivot freely in the slot. The bottom of the safety needed filed down. Those were done with a flat stone. This trigger has a thicker safety tab than the factory, so thick I used a bench grinder to remove the metal to get a fit. Than double checked it many times and it worked fine. No slam fires, safety works etc. Upon putting the action back into the stock the Timney trigger is so wide that a dremel tool is needed to remove wood only on 1 side to allow a fit with a moving trigger not touching any wood. Using a light it was easy to see what needed removed, than it was just a little work and recheck it. I guess I removed 1/8 wide, 1/8 long slot. It is inside the stock and does not effect the action mounting and cannot be seen when rifle is put together.
I just did this yesterday and have not shot it yet. It is a nice trigger no doubt. As I was doing this I tried the timney trigger spring with all other ruger parts and that was a big improvement. Unknown weight as I did not check it. But, so much of a change I almost stopped to shoot it that way first. That change took minutes not hours.
On my other 77 mark 2, it is a 7mm rem mag hunting rifle with a 8 lb trigger pull. I think I will get a aftermarket spring only for under 10 bucks and try it before spending the 130 for this type of trigger. I would want a 3.5 to 4 lb pull on it as a big game rifle.
Also Timney offers to install their trigger for 40 bucks and shipping. Without tools available I might have gone that route and spend the day doing other things.
Shoots fine 3 shot groups under inch, 5 shot groups is what I normally shoot and it is over 1 inch in those.
I have used triggers that broke in oz.'s not pounds in target rifles. This was near 6lbs pull. Heavy but, otherwise not bad. So, being a range rifle not a hunting rifle I got the Timney adjustable trigger. It will adjust from 1.5 to 2 pounds, no weight given to what it will be at. I have it set to break at what appears to be 2.25lbs in the center of it's adjustment.
The 77 triggers are easy to take apart, maybe the easiest of any bolt guns I own. With this trigger install I spend about 4 hours, I work slow and fitting is done a little at a time. I first had to file the trigger vertical shaft, above the trigger pin to pivot freely in the slot. The bottom of the safety needed filed down. Those were done with a flat stone. This trigger has a thicker safety tab than the factory, so thick I used a bench grinder to remove the metal to get a fit. Than double checked it many times and it worked fine. No slam fires, safety works etc. Upon putting the action back into the stock the Timney trigger is so wide that a dremel tool is needed to remove wood only on 1 side to allow a fit with a moving trigger not touching any wood. Using a light it was easy to see what needed removed, than it was just a little work and recheck it. I guess I removed 1/8 wide, 1/8 long slot. It is inside the stock and does not effect the action mounting and cannot be seen when rifle is put together.
I just did this yesterday and have not shot it yet. It is a nice trigger no doubt. As I was doing this I tried the timney trigger spring with all other ruger parts and that was a big improvement. Unknown weight as I did not check it. But, so much of a change I almost stopped to shoot it that way first. That change took minutes not hours.
On my other 77 mark 2, it is a 7mm rem mag hunting rifle with a 8 lb trigger pull. I think I will get a aftermarket spring only for under 10 bucks and try it before spending the 130 for this type of trigger. I would want a 3.5 to 4 lb pull on it as a big game rifle.
Also Timney offers to install their trigger for 40 bucks and shipping. Without tools available I might have gone that route and spend the day doing other things.
