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I don't know what I did exactly ...
I found this thread and figured I would try lightening the ridiculously heavy trigger on this gun.
I filed away on that last tooth a bit more than what I see in the pics. It is slightly shorter and filed to a noticeably more obtuse angle. I also removed the trigger return spring just for the hell of it and I figured I would spray some brake cleaner on it to clean everything before I put it back together. Yeah. The plastics were all gummy and tacky for a minute or so but dried hard. I figured what the hell, I lubed it up with this dry PTFE spray I have and put it all back together.
The trigger is somewhat lighter. It is definitely smoother.
HOWEVER(!!!) It now has this really cool little gritty/grindy piece right at the very end of the trigger pull that acts much like the stop on a two stage trigger. It is subtle, and I did not notice it at first, but it allows me to squeeze the trigger right up to the point of breaking the sear, I feel a little click and it pauses. Then, just the slightest extra pressure breaks the sear without any discernible extra movement. A poor man's two-stage trigger!
I don't know if it is because I misshaped the plastic with the brake cleaner or if this has something to do with the way I filed it, or a combination of everything, but this gun is a lot more fun to shoot now! I just hope whatever I did doesn't wear out any time soon! I put several hundred shots through it yesterday and had a really good time shooting cans, and the little click is still there!
I also used some black duct tape over the rear sight with a hole punched in it just above and to the left of the notch because it is not windage adjustable and always shot right. After some trial and error I got the hole in just the right spot. This has the added advantage of being a sort of poor man's peep sight.
I am now hitting cans about 9 out of ten times from fifty feet away in a standing position. I don't think I can really ask for much more out of a red ryder.
I will try it rested on a bench and see if I do any better... I was getting about 1.5-2" groups at 30 feet before the trigger job, more strung up and down than left to right. I might pull the piston out and polish things up a bit, look for burrs, etc.
I tried replying to the old thread I mentioned before, and I couldn't because it was too old. I just wanted to tell someone about this! My daughter was really dubious that I removed a spring from her new (pink cowgirl) Red Ryder, but she liked how "awesome" it was afterwards.
I found this thread and figured I would try lightening the ridiculously heavy trigger on this gun.
I filed away on that last tooth a bit more than what I see in the pics. It is slightly shorter and filed to a noticeably more obtuse angle. I also removed the trigger return spring just for the hell of it and I figured I would spray some brake cleaner on it to clean everything before I put it back together. Yeah. The plastics were all gummy and tacky for a minute or so but dried hard. I figured what the hell, I lubed it up with this dry PTFE spray I have and put it all back together.
The trigger is somewhat lighter. It is definitely smoother.
HOWEVER(!!!) It now has this really cool little gritty/grindy piece right at the very end of the trigger pull that acts much like the stop on a two stage trigger. It is subtle, and I did not notice it at first, but it allows me to squeeze the trigger right up to the point of breaking the sear, I feel a little click and it pauses. Then, just the slightest extra pressure breaks the sear without any discernible extra movement. A poor man's two-stage trigger!
I don't know if it is because I misshaped the plastic with the brake cleaner or if this has something to do with the way I filed it, or a combination of everything, but this gun is a lot more fun to shoot now! I just hope whatever I did doesn't wear out any time soon! I put several hundred shots through it yesterday and had a really good time shooting cans, and the little click is still there!
I also used some black duct tape over the rear sight with a hole punched in it just above and to the left of the notch because it is not windage adjustable and always shot right. After some trial and error I got the hole in just the right spot. This has the added advantage of being a sort of poor man's peep sight.
I am now hitting cans about 9 out of ten times from fifty feet away in a standing position. I don't think I can really ask for much more out of a red ryder.
I will try it rested on a bench and see if I do any better... I was getting about 1.5-2" groups at 30 feet before the trigger job, more strung up and down than left to right. I might pull the piston out and polish things up a bit, look for burrs, etc.
I tried replying to the old thread I mentioned before, and I couldn't because it was too old. I just wanted to tell someone about this! My daughter was really dubious that I removed a spring from her new (pink cowgirl) Red Ryder, but she liked how "awesome" it was afterwards.
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