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Ruger MKIII Trigger Job
- Thread starter maee
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Greg Derr, www.derrprecision.com. Greg is a member here, an ace gunsmith and an Olympian pistol competitor.
Greg has done work on just about every one of my pistols and revolvers. His work is the best!
Greg has done work on just about every one of my pistols and revolvers. His work is the best!
You can do it yourself if you don't want to pay for it. Its a drop-in kit. You literally just strip the entire frame, swap out the sear, hammer, and trigger, and reassemble. It took me about an hour to do, tops.
If you can field strip your gun and have mild mechanical ability enough to pull it apart and put it back together, you can do the work. No machining, polishing, or modification was required in any way.
Not saying you "shouldn't" pay someone to do it for you, just saying its not as daunting a task as it might seem.
If you can field strip your gun and have mild mechanical ability enough to pull it apart and put it back together, you can do the work. No machining, polishing, or modification was required in any way.
Not saying you "shouldn't" pay someone to do it for you, just saying its not as daunting a task as it might seem.
For the whole kit, im not sure. For the 20$ sear, its the best money you could spend on your MKIII. Simply dropping that sear in takes the trigger to a VERY crisp and light 2-2.5#. After doing my kit, I had a bullseye guy try it out. He normally shoots a pretty nice Pardini and he actually looked down at the gun in disbelief after the first shot. He was shocked at how mice the trigger felt. Being a newbie bullseye guy, I couldnt detect a huge difference between how his match gun felt and my 20$ swap felt. Give it a shot, the sears are cheap as heck and only take a minimal understanding of how the gun works to install.
45collector
NES Member
No kidding? I thought I would have to buy the whole kit to drop the trigger weight. $20? Hell, I'm ordering it today. Thanks for the info!
Heres a video on installing the whole kit yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeh8S0ryi7Y
And yup, the sear is all thats needed to drop the weight. The trigger just allows for pretravel and overtravel adjustments. The extended bolt release is just handy, and other parts make minor improvements. I'd say a good 95% of the felt change is in the sear.
45collector
NES Member
Cool! I remember taking down my MKIII for the first time after buying it brand new. What a PITA! Much easier now of course, once you learn the tricks.
Got a C&R? Order the sear from Brownells and save a few bucks!
Got a C&R? Order the sear from Brownells and save a few bucks!
