Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: newbs55 on September 04, 2013, 09:52:25 PM
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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.
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Mountain Shadow Arms
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http://www.midwayusa.com/product/259762/wild-west-guns-rifle-trigger-marlin-336-444-1894-1895-blue (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.
