Alright, I'm about ready to give up the factory trigger from the 452. Is there anyone out there who has used the eric brooks trigger kit? Thoughts? Is the timney trigger that much better than the stock trigger if it had been worked?

Yes and yes.

Try the Brooks trigger kit first because it's the simplest, cheapest, least invasive, and it may do everything you want.

A Timney trigger group instantly transports the 452 about sixty years and makes it a much more contemporary rifle. Well worth the cost and effort but do not put it into any rifle that isn't pillar bedded because all the relieving you must do to fit it will weaken the stock. (Let the flames begin.)