Tier 3 (Basic) Ruger 10/22 Trigger Work

We are discontinuing all trigger work and online sales
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Trigger work is back! Thanks for your patience! 
 
 
This is a trigger job on YOUR trigger group!! You are not buying new parts here. You check out, ship us your group, and we will work our magic on it and ship it back. 
 
Seriously. We aren't shipping you a new group. You laugh, but at least five people a month do not read this. 
 
(Okay, if you ALSO purchase a new trigger group from us and select 'Yes please do the trigger work I also purchased one this group,' obviously we are going to do the work and ship it back to you. But... that does not apply to any of the folks who don't read the disclaimer...)
 
 
The Tier 3 Trigger Job
We believe in giving you accurate 'bang for your buck.' This trigger work was never intended to cost more than the original rifle, but... if the original rifle had this trigger, we would never have had a job reworking all these triggers! 
 
This trigger job uses all factory parts. This is good if you are wanting to put together a 'sleeper' rifle, making it look bone stock. The downside is that the factory parts have some fundamental geometry issues that you can't overcome with any amount of polishing. Namely, the hole for the trigger return spring and plunger are drilled at an angle in relation to the trigger. This means that as soon you begin to pull the trigger, the trigger return plunger is going to bind in its hole and, no matter how shiny you make it, it's going to negatively impact the trigger feel. Not saying that anything is going to feel 'mushy,' but the pretravel will not be as light, nor will the 'wall' be quite as crisp as on a Tier 2 where we have our billet trigger and new trigger return system. But, this will be a solid step up from a Ruger BX trigger, for example. And less money too, which never hurts. 
 
End result, this trigger will have a vastly lighter and smoother pre travel. We can't promise that it will be perfect, especially if you're sending in an older aluminum trigger, but it will be vastly improved and on a polymer group, it will probably be perfect, if slightly heavier than on a Tier 2. There should be a good solid wall, with a clean glass rod break. The trigger will still have all the overtravel that the original trigger had, but the reset will be smooth and positive. 
 
Again. No one would drop this trigger in a $8,000 benchrest gun. But you're going to get it back and the odds are great that you will never feel the need to upgrade it again. We have done tens of thousands of these triggers over the years. A super solid upgrade for your firearm without breaking the bank.  
 
 
Pull Weight
We only offer the 'Sweet Spot' trigger pull weight now. This is where your trigger naturally wants to be. It will be between 2 and 2.5lbs. After 13 years of doing this... I'm done trying to convince a trigger to go somewhere it doesn't want to be, which always hurts the reliability to boot. 
 
 
BOLT RELEASE MODIFICATION
There is a little metal tab on the bottom of the trigger housing, towards the front of the trigger guard. If you hold the bolt to the rear, push up on this tab, and let the bolt forward, it will lock the bolt open. This is used as a safety on ranges that require the action to be open when the range is 'cold', or for when you are cleaning the barrel. To close the bolt however, you need three hands. One to hold the rifle, one to pull back on the bolt, and the third to press up on that tab and somehow rotate it to the rear. It's a pain, and not exactly safe if you have a loaded magazine inserted.
 
On all of our trigger work, we modify this so that you still lock the action open exactly the same as before, but to close the bolt you just pull back slightly on the charging handle and let it go, just like you do with any other semi-auto firearm. The hold back will drop out of the way on it's own when you pull back on the charging handle, without you touching the bolt release. This is NOT a last round hold open! No 10/22 built has a last round hold open from the factory. There is one company making them, Google it if you have more questions. We don't carry or install the part.

 
 
 
Shipping Information
Complete shipping instructions and information can be found here.
 
Once you have purchased this service you will get a confirmation email with all the shipping and packing instructions. Print that off, and include it with your trigger.
 
We are aiming for a one-week turnaround time on all triggers after they have arrived. When they ship, you will receive another email with a tracking number. 

Thanks for your interest! Feel free to contact us at any point, and happy shooting.

 
 
 
DISCLAIMER:
"RUGER" IS A FEDERALLY REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. AND IS ONE OF MANY FEDERALLY REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OWNED BY STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. BRIMSTONE GUNSMITHING NOR THIS SITE ARE AFFILIATED IN ANY MANNER WITH, OR OTHERWISE ENDORSED BY, RUGER, OR STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

64 Reviews

  • 5
    Tier1 trigger work

    Posted by Peter Askew on Apr 28th 2019

    Night and day difference from stock. Clean crisp break with no creep. Exactly what I wanted and what was advertised. What more could you ask for? Thanks again!

  • 5
    Best Trigger I've gotten my hands on

    Posted by Michael on Mar 15th 2019

    I have felt many firearms triggers. I prefer revolver triggers especially made by Smith and Wesson because they feel great, but this is whole other level of trigger work . I bought a tier 1 10/22 trigger from Brimstone. I shipped it, when they received it, it was a 12 day turn around which was fine the wait was well worth it. I selected sweet spot . My trigger came out as 2 lb which was awesome because that's the lowest a stock trigger will go. I have seen the videos and was impressed but the videos don't do it justice the trigger feels amazing. It changes the way the gun feels and shoots. I can place shot like I never have before because I'm not moving firearm to pull the trigger. Well worth the money!

  • 5
    Tier 1 vs stock

    Posted by Scott on Mar 8th 2019

    This is a follow up to another review I wrote earlier. I was shooting with a fellow “firearms enthusiast” the other day. He was shooting his ultra trick suppressed takedown and offered to let me take a few shots. When I started my trigger pull I stopped because I thought I had a malfunction! Turns out I have just been spoiled by my tier 1 trigger jobs. The difference between stock and Brimstone is that great! I let him try out my trigger and the look on his face was priceless. I think you may have a new customer soon.

  • 5
    Tier 1 trigger job

    Posted by Scott on Mar 8th 2019

    Second tier 1 that Brimstone has done for me. Both are top quality jobs that I would recommend to anyone. This last job was perfect as shipped but when I put my Kidd mag release and plunger in the trigger assembly the mag release would push up on the bolt release and bind. I replaced the auto bolt release that brimstone installed with a stock one and then one from Kidd and neither had a problem. Just something to be aware of if you plan on changing the mag release.

  • 5
    Great Trigger Job

    Posted by Gayle Wheeler on Nov 17th 2018

    Had the Tier 1 done to my Ruger 10/22 trigger. Got it back in a week and a half. They called me to help straighten out some confusion caused by me on the ordering form. Trigger came back with 2.0 lbs of pull and the the break was clean and sharp. Couldn't asked for better commutation and a great job to the trigger.

  • 5
    10/22 Tier 1- Absolutely Bananas

    Posted by A. Carroll on Jul 8th 2018

    2.1 lbs, no pre travel, no after travel just a crisp break and extremely short yet noticeable reset. I don’t think you can get a better trigger for the money or even double the money. Ordered on a Monday night and received my new trigger the following Monday. First customer review I have ever written, took a company like Brimstone and the product they put out to get me to write one. All my trigger groups are getting sent in.

  • 5
    Think About It.

    Posted by James Stollenwerck on May 15th 2018

    You can buy a CNC machined from billet single stage group elsewhere for about double the money and have something made by the Gods to The Blare of Clarion Horns. They are beautiful, but do they do anything better than Tier 1? How could that be? My group has no slop of any kind both pre and post squeeze with a measured two pound pull. Getting rid of the out of the box clunky trigger is the love this gun begs forLet's say you bought a CNC machined group anyway. What do you do with your original group? There is no market for it, and for that matter, there is no market for your new machined group either, or if there is one, it will be at a fraction of the cost of what you paid for it. Stay with the original group!Brimstone has it right. Customer service was what it should be. I got a little note back with the group saying what the measured pull was, there were no other issues in my case, and where they thought my group fit into their spectrum which was Very Clean. I should say so...Very Clean indeed.

  • 5
    Their description is Spot on!

    Posted by Randell on Apr 30th 2018

    Look, just pull the trigger on this deal and be done with it. If you are not happy with it, email me and I’ll buy it from you. There is zero take up, none, nada, zilch. Apply pressure and bang! it breaks so solid you will keep trying it to be sure. Same with over travel, there just isn’t any! It works exactly like they say it does. It’s not bragging, if you can back it up, and they do. Bravo Zulu guys and thank you!

  • 5
    best trigger job ever

    Posted by christopher glass on Dec 7th 2017

    I have a 230.00 volquartsan trigger that I thought was good. I feel now I wasted a ton of money after getting a tier 1 job done on another ruger. It's worth every penny and will be sending in another soon. The money is well worth what you get...pretty much perfection.

  • 5
    Above and beyond my expectations

    Posted by Dan on Apr 7th 2017

    If you have ever heard the expression of a trigger break compared to glass breaking or a glass rod breaking and weren't sure what it meant, send your trigger group to these guys, ask for the tier1 in the sweet spot and you will then know exactly what the expression means. There is a minimal reset, no overtravel and ZERO grit or slop. Communication and customer service was outstanding. Brimstone understands that if you make a quality product, sell it a reasonable price and back it with good service, customers will be happy and come back. They have done all three of my 10/22's. Great jobs guys!

  • 5
    Better than Kidd

    Posted by Gregor on Jan 31st 2017

    I didn't want to go off the deep end with a 10/22 so I went with your Tier 1 trigger job instead of a Kidd 2 Stage. A friend bought the Kidd 2 stage and I wasn't impressed at all - mushy and vague. I've shot a Hammerli 208, a Walther GSP and now a Pardini SP so I know what a good trigger is. Yours is excellent; clean, crisp smooth.

  • 5
    Fall in love with your 1022 again

    Posted by Kelly Fadel on Jan 21st 2017

    After shooting with my tier one trigger job for about 2 years, I went to shoot my brother’s stock 1022 and thought it was broken. It wouldn’t shoot! as it turned out, I wasn’t pulling the trigger hard enough. No, seriously, this trigger will SPOIL you! Especially so if you’re a guy like me that was complacent with the stock trigger. Finally, the customer service made everything easy. I recommend the Tier 1 trigger job to everyone!