Spokane gunsmith for Marlin 1895

[newbs55]

Purchased a Marlin 1895 45-70 a few months ago and have been out to shoot it a couple times and is definitely in need of a trigger job. I am fairly comfortable with doing drop in stuff (happy trigger kit) but have heard you can clean up the factory triggers and get them down to around the 3.5-4 lb range. I was also thinking of polishing some of the action. Would I be better off spending the money on a happy trigger kit and some fine emery or to take it to a gunsmith? I have used Brock's in the past but heard too many horror stories about them recently.

[Ice Cap]

Mountain Shadow Arms

[Fl0und3rz]

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/259762/wild-west-guns-rifle-trigger-marlin-336-444-1894-1895-blue

Says gunsmith required for install, but mine was drop in. Check the reviews for comments on the extent of fitting people have done.

I am real happy with mine (lighter and more crisp).  I also cleaned up a lot of rough edges in the action and corrected a feed failure issue.  They are pretty simple machines, really, and you should be able to be able to clean up the action pretty easily.  Just don't go after it with a chop saw or go about changing geometry or removing ounces of metal, and you should be fine.