I completed the modifications to my trigger today. In Mike's words my trigger had the same crunchy fake first stage which seamlessly stuttered into the second stage and the actual release point felt inconsistent and was unpredictable. After following Mike's very detailed instructions (with photos) my Ruger's trigger now has a true single stage trigger that has a firm predictable crisp release. I'm very pleased, thanks Mike.
I got an Airhawk Elite II and it had the stickiest, crunchiest trigger I'd ever felt. I oiled it and it just made it worse. So then I flushed the trigger mechanism with gasoline to flush out all the oil then used GRAPHITE and now it is one of the smoothest triggers I've felt. It pulls way easier too. Amazing the difference. I took the stock off then shot the graphite throughout the whole mechanism. Wha-la, quick fix.
Figured it out. On my version of the Elite II, (maybe because it was marketed through Walmart?) you have to pull the piston stop out the back in order to slide the trigger group back far enough to remove it. Much easier than I thought it would be! I de-oiled it with a quick gasoline bath and put the powdered graphite to it after it completely dried out. Seems much better now, but I'll post again after putting more pellets through it.