The Gun Counter

So.. I explained I wanted to improve the trigger on my 10/22 at some point. I'm honestly thinking about improving it myself by simple polishing of surfaces and not doing anything very risky or permanent like cutting off spring coils or removing tons of material. I'm thinking of polishing off where the sear surfaces interact with the trigger and the hammer. I have the following materials mostly from my knife sharpening tools.

- Spyderco Sharpmaker with 600, 1200 grit triangular ceramic stones.
- Spyderco Ultra fine 2000 grit ceramic bench stone
- Dremel tool with the polishing compound it came with it.
- Knife metal polishing compound

My question is, would just basic polishing of the engagement surfaces with 2000 grit stone be a safe intro way improving the trigger? what kind of improvement should I expect if I do this?

Do you have 100 bucks to spend, in case you screw the pooch? If so, look up some youtube footage, and go to town.

Unless there's a spare trigger handy, I'd start with something non-destructive. How about a tube of Flitz metal polish, some old denim cloth and a few hard rubber erasers to slice up as backing? Put a nice mirror shine on the mating parts and see how you get on. If it's too shiny and you need some friction, a bit of 600-grit wet and dry sandpaper with WD-40 will "matt" the surfaces again.

What I've always been told is that you don't do any modifications on anything that is in a working gun. You buy spare parts and do modifications on them. Then if you do mess up, you put the original parts back and you have a working gun again. If you do modifications on the existing parts and need to buy new parts later, you might have to do modifications and fitting on those to make them work, so it's better to keep the ones you know work intact.

That way, your cost is the new parts you bought. If you mess up, you lost the money, if you don't mess up you have the original parts as spares for the future.

Erik wrote:What I've always been told is that you don't do any modifications on anything that is in a working gun. You buy spare parts and do modifications on them. Then if you do mess up, you put the original parts back and you have a working gun again. If you do modifications on the existing parts and need to buy new parts later, you might have to do modifications and fitting on those to make them work, so it's better to keep the ones you know work intact.

That way, your cost is the new parts you bought. If you mess up, you lost the money, if you don't mess up you have the original parts as spares for the future.

I'll go see who sells a spare hammer, disconnector, and trigger then, unfortunately life in Canada makes that difficult.

bubblewhip wrote:I'll go see who sells a spare hammer, disconnector, and trigger then, unfortunately life in Canada makes that difficult.

Yeah, i know what you mean. It's not that easy in Scandinavia either. Brownells are usually my first stop, they have most of what I need, and they are willing to ship here at a (somewhat) reasonable cost.

There must be a specialist in 10\22 custom work in Canada ? I can think of a couple in the even more gun unfriendly UK ( one of whom actually knows what the fuck they are doing )
They will have a crapload of standard trigger parts that they have taken out of [strike]mugs[/strike] customers rifles and replaced with that stupidly expensive Volquartsen shit.
Ask if you can buy some stock parts from them.

You won't need a disconnector, BECAUSE YOU AREN'T GOING TO TOUCH THAT - it makes no difference to the trigger feel and nothing good can come from messing with it. If you do there is a 0.01% chance you will turn your rifle into a machinegun and a 99.99% chance it'll become a single shot.

I'd love to help you with the specifics of the trigger job, but I honestly don't know where to start, I'd have to go from first principles. I'll see if I've got any notes on specifics.

Not sure if you can get these in Canada, but the Power Custom 10/22 hammer kit is the best ~$30 I've spent on any rimfire part. Install is easy and the difference is night and day.

I'd suggest http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/sh ... p?t=251177
Also its related threads, there is a LOT of 10/22 knowledge and fun at Rimfire Central. Great people, with centuries of combined experience on all rimfire firearms, not just the 10/22. I have even found gobs of great advice about my Winchester bolt-action .22, if it is a rimfire, it's probably been talked about there. Good luck with your project.

I have used the volquartsen hammer/bolt release kit in the past with excellent results. The power custom Odahi mentioned has a good reputation as well. You can contact Ruger directly and see what they charge for a replacement hammer and sear. I imagine they're pretty inexpensive and shouldn't cause any undue additional cost mailing it to Canada.