Howdy all. I joined up here after buying a 308 ss. I am a long time cowboy action shooter and haved owned 94's and 336's in the past. This new rifle is the only Marlin I have now. I am a cowboy action gunsmith. I do action work and repairs on Marlins along with other brands. This is not advertisement, I don't look for work. I found it interesting that folks are spending money on happy triggers as the factory parts will allow a light pull with re work. I didn't even know the triggers were available until joining this forum. Always something to learn I reckon. Anyway, here's a howdy to all with a little info about me.
I think you will enjoy our site and I know we are looking forward to see you posting. Years ago, I spent the $ for an aftermarket trigger. Since then I do my own. Too easy!
Ghostmaker, I have a good friend who is a gunsmith. He doesent agree with everything written in this forum "wives tales" but he does admit he's learned a lot by lurking here. One nice thing about the DRC and WWG triggers is you install them once and move on. When my friend used to do trigger jobs it often took several sessions of take apart - put together to get it just right.
Thanks for the welcome fellers.
Gonzo, maybe your smith wasn't a lever specialist. The Marlin tang comes out with the trigger group and the hammer can be put back in for working the sear. The springs are also key. Bend the lever lock spring, change the main spring, recut sear angle and I replace the firing pin with a one peice unit. Polish the hammer sides and screw shanks. Polish the inside of the tang at the hammer. Doesn't take much time for me, but I have done a lot of Marlins. Polishing the parts and relieving points of contact will allow a lighter main spring. Marlin uses the same main spring in 336's, 94's and 95's, much heavier than needed. I rarely have to rework the trigger spring after doing everything mentioned. I just did an older 336 with a request for 2lbs. My new 308 can be cycled with one finger and has a crisp 3lb pull, plenty light for hunting, of course I did other work to it than mentioned.
Welcome Ghostmaker, will be looking forward to some in depth posts in our Reference Library Hint Hint. We do need the all the hands on guys we can get. I hear you on doing it yourself, my last trigger job was 1.5 lbs.
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