Hi guy´s!
I´m not really sure if this mod has a place in here, but if it doesn´t, moderators can feel free to remove it I guess.
Well, first of, I really am annoyed by the trigger flop on Marlin leverguns, and I know there is a simple fix for it, the WWW trigger kit.
But, since I live in Sweden, the cost of such a kit climbs up to around 210 bucks.
Not really prepared to pay that for such a small thingamajig, I set out to remedy the flop myself.
I have recently modified my Marlin 308 MX to a straight grip, full lenght mag, and slimmed all the wood down a great deal, so I figured I can´t stop there, I have to go all the way...
Ok, here´s how I did it:
Since the Marlin trigger assembly is a two piece pivoted design that is made up by the trigger and the sear, with a big gap in between them, I decided that the best way of getting the flop to go away, was to fill that gap somehow.
So, I made a small wedge, with a rectangular hole in it, that fits in between the trigger and the sear.
Here´s all the parts layed out on my (dirty) workbench so you can see the basic contour of the small plate I made.
I used a .055 steel sheet, and filed a wedge that is about .051 in the thicker part. The thin end is down to about as small as I could get it without it breaking.
And here´s the parts assembled, as you can see, the wedged shape keeps the trigger to the rear position.
I´ve done all the checks with banging the buttstock to the floor, slapping the gun, I even checked the engagement of the sear to the hammer. Both with and without the wedge in place. The sear engages exactly like on the unmodyfied trigger, and I could not get the gun to fire by any other way than pulling the trigger.
So, instead of 210 dollars, I spent about an hour of work from starting to disassembling the rifle, to finishing the reassembly of the rifle.
And the sheet metal I had lying around, so I payed nothing for it.
The trigger flop is history, and the trigger pull feels a whole lot crisper, and even lighter to be honest! It breaks like glass, and I won´t even have to stone the sear to get it as I want it. I like a little harder pull in a hunting rifle, so to me this got just perfect!
Well, hope someone finds this useful, but one word of caution..
Do NOT take the measurements for granted, there may be more or less play in your rifle, so take your time and file away slowly if you want to thry this out.
Neat thing is, no alteration to the original parts has been done, so you can try over and over until you get it just as you want it.
Thank´s for watching.
Dennis
I´m not really sure if this mod has a place in here, but if it doesn´t, moderators can feel free to remove it I guess.
Well, first of, I really am annoyed by the trigger flop on Marlin leverguns, and I know there is a simple fix for it, the WWW trigger kit.
But, since I live in Sweden, the cost of such a kit climbs up to around 210 bucks.
Not really prepared to pay that for such a small thingamajig, I set out to remedy the flop myself.
I have recently modified my Marlin 308 MX to a straight grip, full lenght mag, and slimmed all the wood down a great deal, so I figured I can´t stop there, I have to go all the way...
Ok, here´s how I did it:
Since the Marlin trigger assembly is a two piece pivoted design that is made up by the trigger and the sear, with a big gap in between them, I decided that the best way of getting the flop to go away, was to fill that gap somehow.
So, I made a small wedge, with a rectangular hole in it, that fits in between the trigger and the sear.
Here´s all the parts layed out on my (dirty) workbench so you can see the basic contour of the small plate I made.
I used a .055 steel sheet, and filed a wedge that is about .051 in the thicker part. The thin end is down to about as small as I could get it without it breaking.
And here´s the parts assembled, as you can see, the wedged shape keeps the trigger to the rear position.
I´ve done all the checks with banging the buttstock to the floor, slapping the gun, I even checked the engagement of the sear to the hammer. Both with and without the wedge in place. The sear engages exactly like on the unmodyfied trigger, and I could not get the gun to fire by any other way than pulling the trigger.
So, instead of 210 dollars, I spent about an hour of work from starting to disassembling the rifle, to finishing the reassembly of the rifle.
And the sheet metal I had lying around, so I payed nothing for it.
The trigger flop is history, and the trigger pull feels a whole lot crisper, and even lighter to be honest! It breaks like glass, and I won´t even have to stone the sear to get it as I want it. I like a little harder pull in a hunting rifle, so to me this got just perfect!
Well, hope someone finds this useful, but one word of caution..
Do NOT take the measurements for granted, there may be more or less play in your rifle, so take your time and file away slowly if you want to thry this out.
Neat thing is, no alteration to the original parts has been done, so you can try over and over until you get it just as you want it.
Thank´s for watching.
Dennis