[BK]

Those of you who own one, how long would the barrel be if it were cut immediately in front of the forend? (Bolt breech face to that point)

[Coyote3855]

I dunno, but the one I owned briefly had the worst trigger pull of any firearm I ever shot.

[Mot45acp]

I dunno....but you can do this:

Take a cleaning rod and putit down your barrel from the end with the bolt closed. Mark the end with a sharpie. Pull it out and lay next to the barrel matching the end of barrel with mark. Then mark where you want to cut your barrel. That will give you your barrel length.

[BK]

If I had one already, I'd know the answer to the question.

@ Coyote3855, can a gunsmith do nothing with the trigger group? Is there no replacement? Regardless, I'd still like to know about this barrel length.

[Marlin 45 carbine]

I'll try to recall to measure mine and give answer 4 U tomorrow.
that's lopping off about 1/2 of the bbl - would not be legal w/out papers and tax
you likely know this already since this is the NFA page

[SHR970]

If cut even with the foreend the barrel would be 9 5/8".

As to the trigger, yes it can be helped but it will cost you a fair amount due to labor costs. The trigger is essentially a Marlin Mod. 60; that means that you need several slave pins and four hands to put it together if you don't have a factory jig. Since only the factory has the jig and a trigger job requires disassembling and reassembling more than once you get into a fair amount of time to do the job right. BTDT.

[Marlin 45 carbine]

removeing the mag disconnect safety will help the trigger some but again a tricky take-down and re-assemble. I use finish nails for takedown pins.