wayupnorth
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Just arrived home from a trip down south for the last couple weeks and while down south i made a point to go hit Cabela's in Calgary with the sole purpose to look and see if i could flesh out a Ruger BX-Trigger.
Some of you may have realized by now that i like my Ruger 10/22's.
and some of you may have noticed that i really like my Ruger 10/22 triggers.
the more astute of you may have even noticed that i really enjoy comparing stuff!
well, tonight i was in OCD Heaven!
i took apart that new BX-Trigger and compared it side by side with a stock trigger group!
now, if you arnt OCD like me let me tell you about the trigger and then you can go and be on your way.... IF however you are OCD like me stick around and ill show you some interesting differences in the triggers!
The Ruger BX-Trigger - its neat!
right at the store you are able to play with the trigger and test it out - even the packaging invites you to test the trigger, so far be it for me not to test it in the store!
nice! super light too!
i measured the weight of the pull over 20 pulls it was dead on 2.2lbs every time consistently which is a super nice weight for a 10/22!
so if you want a drop in trigger that is relatively inexpensive than this is the trigger for you!
if your not into comparing small springs and such you can leave now, from here on in we go to the OCD zone.
so, trigger pull done i was curious on how they achieved the lighter trigger.
for months now when thinking about the BX Trigger i just assumed that they had a little room set up at the ruger factory where 6 to 10 little Asian woman sat polishing trigger groups in a knitting circle. its just the mental image i had.
so i was super surprised to find that the internals where not polished or hand fit.... there accomplish the lighter trigger by changing some of the parts!
I know right! i was super excited to check out the new stuff!
so, in a nut shell the triggers are 90% the same as the normal non BX triggers.
the changes only effect the Trigger, Hammer, Sear and Disconnector.
other than those 4 parts everything is the same as the stock triggers.
i should mention i compared the BX to a 2013 and a 2014 (50th anv ed) plastic trigger and for the pics the 2013 are the ones going head to head against the BX.
so lets have a looks.
here is the line up, the left side is the 2013 and the right side is the BX.
so as you can see from the pic, the majority of the parts are the same, down near the bottom you will see the 4 parts that differ.
lets have a closer looks.
funky right!
now lets get right up into the business.
the Sear - what the devil is going on here! the new Sear is shorter in both directions and has some totally different cuts in it!
the Disconnector - again you can see they shaved off a lot of product on the one side.
The Hammer - you will notice that they changed up the seat of the hammer - its got a different catch points for where it meets up with the Sear.
so whats going on with the changes?
well, from what i can tell its because of the new trigger and how the parts fit into it, have a look.
so whats going on is this.
the new hammer sits a lot lower in the trigger body than the original ones do, a lot lower actually.
this is because they have changed some of the angles of the Sear and Disconnector and Hammer.
they changed these angles and moved where they connect AND to top it all off they changed how they sit in the Trigger.
the trigger is the really neat part - the other 3 changed parts all fit inside the new trigger and can actually be retained without the pins (!!!! i know, right!!!!) the pins are there to help with the pivot during the cycle of the system.
have a close look, you will see the inside of the trigger and the new parts fit in there into cut grooves and are retained by the plastic of the trigger.
a overview of the 2 triggers side by side with changed parts together assembled.
so ya, super neat changes.
im impressed with the trigger, more than i thought i would be.
really though, at the end of the day its no Kidd or VQ or Timney or Brimstone but for a fraction of the price its a nice little trigger!
and when i think about it..... since they are not hand polishing and fitting these triggers why are these NOT in every 10/22 that comes off the line?
money, of course, but these should really replace the old triggers.
and one last thing - new BX trigger does not come with the auto bolt release mod done to it.
when will they learn.
