About 15 years ago a friend who was strapped for cash bought one of those in .223 Rem. Mounted a 6X18 Bushnell on it and out we went to go shoot ground squirrels. Or....that was the idea. The trigger pull was..let's see, what is the kindest word to use here....atrocious. He took it to a gun shop and the smith there wisely told him to save his money for a decent bolt gun. But he agreed to try to work on the trigger but made him no promises. Well, when it got it back it was an improvement. Got it to under 10 pounds now. Yes, 10 pounds. And if put the cross hairs on the target and just pulled pulled pulled on the trigger it eventually would go off.
A week or two later he gave up on it an bought him a CZ 527. Wow. What an improvement to say the least.