Re: Hornet Trigger Groups?
I have three 10/22's. One is a trigger job by a smith, one is still factory and one is a Hornet. I put the Hornet group in the 10/22 I built from a bare receiver. For the money I'd say it's definitely worth it.
It looked like a new trigger group when it came. IIRC it also had an extended mag release. There's a little bit of take up but nothing too major. It breaks clean, not like a Volquartson but hey it didn't carry the price tag either.
If I decided to build up another 10/22 I would use them again. I will probably put one in my third rifle eventually (other projects have taken over for the time being).
There is another plus to consider. If you have a factory trigger (which I didn't) they used to offer a core exchange if you sent your trigger group in.