RUGER VAQUERO TRIGGER HELP

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Question for those in the know. I just stepped outside my normal comfort (and knowledge) zone and purchased a sweet Ruger Vaquero. This gun is so pretty I could not resist. Problem is, it has to have the WORST trigger I have ever experienced in a handgun. Even my Uberti SAA's have better triggers. Where can I send this to try and get the trigger figured out? Any suggestions, recommendations, experiences (positive/negative) with six-gun smiths?

Thanks.

 

[03hemi]

The Ruger's are certainly stronger, but no where near as nice as the Ubertis imo.
There's a little trick you can do to the hammer spring in the Ruger to improve the trigger a little~
Google it.
My SAA collection, so far.

 

[The Preacher]

I love the Blackhawk/Vaquero series; have had a bunch over the years. What I do is buy a couple of Wolf trigger springs of various weight, take the stamped edges off the hammer strut (including the rounded end that fits into the hammer slot), as well as the square hole the strut goes through, and then dry fire a bunch to see where I'm at. Doing this I've gotten great results in lowering trigger pull and smoothness. Doesn't take much money or time and it's easy to do.

What may have been mentioned above is the Ruger "Poor Boy" trigger job which is nothing more than taking one leg of the trigger spring off its stud. This will lighten the pull but the leg of the trigger spring then rides on the hammer spring and I wouldn't recommend it.

The Preacher

 

[mtgianni]

Running a few hundred rounds through it will give you a better evaluation point.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Running a few hundred rounds through it will give you a better evaluation point.

That's probably true.

OTOH, since I am all fumble fingers and would never touch the internals of a gun myself, I would just find a local, competent gunsmith and have him do the work. I would not send the gun anywhere unless there are no competent gunsmiths "between the Brandywines".

My matched set of older style Ruger Vaqueros that I used for CAS for years - great triggers and I assure you not original factory, I know who had them before me:

 

[bearpa]

Wolff Springs

I shoot both old and new model Vaquero's as well as Blackhawks, both three screw and the old new models. The best thing you can do is put a Wolff spring kit in it and shoot it! It will polish out itself and the springs definitely make for a nice trigger pull weight. I also belong to the Ruger Collectors Society, so I have more than a few that I regularly shoot.
Unless you know what you're doing don't start polishing parts as you may remove something or too much of something you need.

 

[Fishinfool]

I have owned and shot a fair number of Ruger SA's over the years. The "poor mans" trigger job works.

Remove the grips. At the top of the grip frame, note the trigger return spring, with a leg that rests on a stud on each side of the upper grip frame.

Remove a spring leg from one of the studs. Make sure it does not interfear with any other parts function (it shouldn't).

Instant better trigger pull.

Dozens of Rugers and 45 years of experience shooting them so modified has resulted in no issues. This will not fix a rough or notchy trigger due to improperly fit or polished parts, but it will reduce trigger pull weight by quite a bit. A new, lighter aftermarket trigger return spring will accomplish the same end.

Larry

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Rugars are easy to work on if you have a third hand! If you don't use a tabletop vise. and pad the jaws. Insert gun upside down and hold in place by the top strap! Easy peasy!

Wolfe spring kits are good but don't have instructions. I enhanced my Vaqueros using Powers parts. They have great instructions! (that is where the vise idea came from.)

Ivan

ETA: many Rugars in the 90's were full of fine chips and folded over tails! I used small stones and jeweler's files to remove These over a sheet of wrapping paper. A Super Redhawk yielded a pop bottle cap full! Took maybe 20 minutes. Springs alone won't fix rough machine and tailings!