Ruger 10/22 - Kidd Triggers

[rbwhatever1]

Picked up a pair of Kidd 2 Stage straight triggers for the 10/22's with both units tuned at 8oz/8oz. The upgraded bolt release access is recessed in the arm of the extended magazine release and makes operating the 10/22 enjoyable and smooth. Yes. Enjoyable. If you own a 10/22 you know what i'm referring to about the stock bolt catch and stock magazine release. No more akward fumbling and jiggling the bolt and pushing the stiff bolt release to get the bolt locked back or sent into battery. When locked, just pull the bolt back and let it go. A light tap on the butt of the rifle with your hand will also send the locked bolt home so you can look cool and impress people with your manly firerams savvy. The magazine release drops the magazine instantly so no more fumbling around trying to push the stock lever and jiggle it out using both hands. Magazines drop out smoothly every time.

The draggy Ruger stock plastic trigger unit is another issue altogether...

The first stage take up on these Kidd trigger units are really smooth and light to the stop with the second stage breaking crisply. Repeatable. Every time. The bolt was a tad harder to pull back when dry firing but i only dry fired because i couldnt wait to walk out the back door and shoot a spinner. It has loosened up after a few hundred rounds through them. I should have bought the extended charging handle kit with this upgrade. It's supposed to be the smoothest and slickest guide rod made, comes with three tuning springs and adds 1/4 inch for more to grab when cycling the bolt. I'll find out next week when they arrive with the upgraded reciever pins that fit snuggly, dont fall out, and the new "dampening" bolt buffer stops.

The Kidd Two Stage is an awesome drop in trigger group and was well worth the cost to me. The machining on these trigger units are perfect and both rifles run flawlessly. I've never been a fan of plastic firearms parts so the stock Ruger units are in the 22 parts box in the gun room, exactly where they belong soon to be joined with the stock bolt charging handle, receiver pins and bolt stop. Tony Kidd has done an awesome job giving Ruger 10/22 owners a great product to tune up their rifles. Made in Texas is always good...

[Richbirdhunter]

I love my Kidd 10-22. Twice a year about 30 of us get together for a 50 yard shoot. We have a boil and BBQ everyone kicks in $10 winner take all

[J Wilson]

Good lookin 10/22s.What scopes are those?

[rbwhatever1]

Good lookin 10/22s.What scopes are those?

Redfield Battlezone TAC22's. These scopes are tuned for 36 grain hollow point bullets at 1260fps which is pretty neat.

[n5wd]

I have a 10-22 Takedown that the previous owner installed a Volksquartsen TG2000 trigger set @ 2lbs, with the extended bolt release and magazine release. Do you have any experience with the Volksquartsen trigger so as to do a comparison between it and the Kidd trigger? They'll both end up costing about the same, when all the goodies are added, so the tie-breaker would be the feel of the trigger.

[rbwhatever1]

I have a 10-22 Takedown that the previous owner installed a Volksquartsen TG2000 trigger set @ 2lbs, with the extended bolt release and magazine release. Do you have any experience with the Volksquartsen trigger so as to do a comparison between it and the Kidd trigger? They'll both end up costing about the same, when all the goodies are added, so the tie-breaker would be the feel of the trigger.

I looked at the TG2000 but really wanted a two stage with straight triggers and the long magazine release. I think the TG2000 is set at 2lbs. The TG2000 has to be much better than stock Ruger!

[rentz]

ive thought for quite some time about the kidd triggers, but never really decided to lay down money on them since sadly my 10/22 doesnt get out as often as it should.

[rbwhatever1]

I received the extended charging handles, guide rods, springs, extractors and dampened bolt stops from Kidd on Wednesday and installed them. The 1/4" extension on the charging handle may not seem like much but it sticks out enough and was worth it. The rubber housing and pin on the Kidd dampened bolt stops are a tight fit so they will not fall out when disassembling for cleaning.

I was surprised to find the stock bolt stop in the Takedown came out in two pieces. A very timely order eh? I have about 1,000 rounds through each of these rifles with zero issues until last Sunday. The last round I fired failed to eject the fired casing and it ended up jammed under the newly fed round failing to load it all the way in the chamber. I couldnt clear it without tools so I went in the house, cleared it and grabbed a shotgun to shoot skeet the rest of the afternoon. Now i know why. Ruger sent a replacement bolt stop on Thursday. I'll be ordering spare firing pins and other parts for these rifles soon.

[CleverNickname]

I built a mostly-Kidd 10/22 SBR a couple years ago, works great. The only things that aren't Kidd are the suppressor, stock, magazines and sight.

[rbwhatever1]

Nice rifle, what sight is that? I like the Kidd trigger and may have to check out their barrels but I would probably build from scratch like you instead of trying to turn these 10/22's into something else. I'm testing bulk ammo now through these now and should be done tomorrow.

[CleverNickname]

It's an Aimpoint ML2.