Wild West Guns Trigger Happy Kit for Marlins

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Wild West Guns Trigger Happy Kit for Marlins

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OK, I will admit to being a skeptic.

I was wrong.

This thing is the bee's knees.

I just dropped one into my 1895 to try and help out with the 2nd worst trigger in my inventory (maybe worst, depends on if you go by weight or feel). The factory trigger was very heavy (not S&W DA Revolver heavy but in the 8-9lb range) and felt like sandpaper. Not exactly what I had in mind. Rather than pull out a stone and work through it's issues, I decided to kill a couple of birds with one stone and replace it with the Wild West Guns offering. Supposed to drop it to 3ish lbs, smooth it out and get rid of the annoying loose flop. #1, Its not a one piece trigger like some have said. It's still a two piece. However, the pieces ride on a hollow bushing that the trigger pin mounts through (providing a very smooth action) and they are held in relative position by a pair of very small springs (the flop eliminators). Effort involved in replacing the factory trigger? Nothing more than a very detailed cleaning where you drop the trigger plate to get at the major guts.

The result: I don't have a scale, but I now rate it right alongside my 629's SA trigger or my little .22LR bolt gun with it's adjustable trigger - well under my Colt Rail Gun's 5lb glass rod. Nice clean break and somewhere in the 2.5-3lb range to my untrained finger. No more sandpaper and much much lighter.

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That is good to hear. :anamatedbanana

What was the damage? I may need to look into one of these. :headscratch
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Set me back $87. Bit spendy, but compares favorably to not messing up with a stone as far as ease of use.
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I have one in the mail from midwayusa. Did you install the trigger or a gunsmith? I broke the loading gate screw by tighting(?). Do not adjust. I can disassemble and assemble my SBL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTO4M5jOk1c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The best youtube for assemble is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHP3r5lJY8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ..
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I installed it myself. Hardest part was dealing with the hammer spring (aka not all that bad).
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Iunnrais wrote:I installed it myself. Hardest part was dealing with the hammer spring (aka not all that bad).
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In the video he shows a jig for few seconds. Did find any videos online?
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I've used that same video as a dis-assembly guide before. You only really need to go as far as the 8:45ish mark in the take down. At that point, the trigger is fully accessible. I just knocked the pin holding it out with a brass punch, slid out the old assembly, put the new trigger in place, put the pin back and then re-assembled the rifle. What I did find helpful is that my screwdriver is one of the ones that takes bits. When it came time to compress the hammer spring, the driver itself sans bit fit right over the spur coming through the hammer spring adjusting plate. The pocket for the bit was deep enough that I could use it to compress the assembly to a point where it was easy to re-install without pinching fingers.

Real Guns has a good How-To post

http://www.realguns.com/Commentary/comar185.htm

Another very helpful post is over at the Marlin Owners forum. Very nice post of how to take one of the rifles down with lots of pictures.

http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/how-d ... -pics.html
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Thank you for the help. The trigger will be here this week.
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I installed the Wild West Trigger on the Marlin SBL http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/ ... 895SBL.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . It was easy with the instruction online. The pull is about 3 lbs and smooth. I am work on polishing the internal (non trigger) parts. The Wild West Guns Ejector was a drop in. Marlin paint (?) coated the channel but did not finish polish the metal. After polishing the channel of ejector, it smoothed the action greatly.
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Did some load testing with the rifle today and I have to say that the trigger is a major improvement. Didn't have to sit there and concentrate on pulling smoothly through the heavy grit wondering if it would ever break. Just a nice smooth pull and *boom*. :thumbs2:

When I add a brother to the .45-70 in a smaller caliber, it will get a new trigger before anything else.
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