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Bullseye - hope you're feeling well again. Thanks to both of you. And Bullseye, I understand and respect your position entirely. Any fix that I try is my responsibility alone and I can live with that. I've been willing to attempt very cautious experimentation, but admittedly it is experimental and t...

Well, I've been whittling away to no great success, so far. And now I really need some help. I thought I'd managed to get much of what I wanted on the first attempt before midweek. But a bunch of rounds told me success was illusory. I'm using two guides - the way the trigger feels as an action job -...

I've had some recent experiences that are making me reconsider the causes of some of my FTFire incidents. Went through a brick of CCI Blazer last week to test it out. Not a single failure to fire. Been having 15 - 18 per brick using Federal 550 Wally ammo. That's as bad as the Remington Golden Bulle...

Got the Norton Hard Arkansas Sharpening Stone - Ultra-Fine from Midway last evening. Small stone: 1/4 by 1/4 by 3 inches. Will forge ahead tentatively and lightly as all get out in the next day or two. Am shooting a lot now and might take one or two more practices before this work begins. Feel I nee...

I'll order the Norton Hard Arkansas Ultra-Fine stone from Midway tomorrow. blue68 - it almost sounds like the sear is moved over an immobile stone from your description. I'd expected to put the sear in the vise and move the stone over it. Is that correct? Also, do I need any honing oil for a job lik...

This gun with the newest VQ sear had a complete trigger freeze up once the first day out, and then mulitple times yesterday, Friday. I'd changed to the original hammer bushing to test the sear itself, and then today used the original flawed VQ sear with the Clark hammer bushing. No trigger freeze, a...

Changed to another sear and fired 250 rounds today without the trigger freezing up. It's not the trigger pull I want, but it's improved with the Clark hammer bushing. I took two measurements of the VQ sear that you say may be too high. From top of the sear face to bottom of the sear, the newest VQ t...

As luck would have it, I'm having a similar problem with my 22/45. Midweek, I had one complete freeze up of the trigger. Nothing moved. A few shots later, the trigger bounced back heavily after a shot, sort of careening into my retreating trigger finger. Today, after about 30 rounds, I began noticin...

Caught up in other things but did measure the flanges of the two bushings. The bushing flange diameter on the original Ruger hammer bushing is about .4363, while the flange diameter of the Clark bushing is about .4385 inch. I had the gun apart and put Dykem on the sear, dry firing about 5 times (wit...

Well, if it's not one thing with this gun, it's another - but also in another thread about action work. Your fix for the rear sight, Bullseye, held up well today at the range and I think it will continue to. I'll reset the set screw with a little ThreadLock in a few minutes and won't shoot again unt...

I understand about the flange now and will measure the two of them when I take the gun apart, probably tomorrow. I have to continue examining the parts and their mating because the trigger is quite a bit heavier than the 2 1/2 lbs I guesstimated yesterday and a couple of odd glitches came up near th...

I put a couple of drops of the medium (blue) THREADLOCK on the sight base slot and maneuvered the sight onto this at about 5 PM yesterday. Been sitting upright ever since (the gun, that is). I didn't realize the Threadlock would be so watery - expected a gooey paste. May be able to go shooting this ...

The sear's business edge looks and feels (to my fingernail) very clean. All facets on the sear appear very well finished and there's quite a big improvement between this one and the one I'd kept too long in the gun without noticing its characteristics. I'm not sure which flange you mean? On the hamm...

I sure have to thank them for their head's up and for being responsible folks. Among other things on this gun today I installed the new VQ Sear with a new Clark Sear Pin and oversize Hammer Bushing. The Clark oversize bushing calipered out at .220 of an inch, the original Ruger (after 2 years and ma...

Pretty soon I'm gonna be asking someone here where the keys to my truck are ! Half my other 22/45's in another state, but I forgot that the top half and bolt are here. The slant at the bottom edge of the hemisphere is by design as your picture, Bullseye, shows - as does the extractor plunger from my...