Installation instructions for a Wild West trigger and ejector in a Marlin 1894/95.

[1025npm]

Wild West Trigger Installation

Hello All
I am a new member and have tried to access 1858's link for installing the Wild West Happy Trigger..... but cannot access. Can anyone help???? Are there any other links for instructions to install this trigger in a Marlin 1895 SBL???? Thanks

 

[MCMXI]

Hello All
I am a new member and have tried to access 1858's link for installing the Wild West Happy Trigger..... but cannot access. Can anyone help???? Are there any other links for instructions to install this trigger in a Marlin 1895 SBL???? Thanks

I'm in the middle of moving to Arkansas and so my server won't be up and running for a few weeks at least. However, rather than rely upon me or my schedule, I've uploaded the file to THR's server.

 

[1025npm]

Wild West Trigger Installation

Hello All

I am a new member. I have purchased a WW Happy Trigger for my Marlin 1895 SBL and want to install myself. I have tried to access 1858's link for installation instructions and I can't access. Can anyone help with ideas/directions? Is there any other links which will provide directions for installation??? Thanks

 

[1025npm]

1858 thanks!!!

Just accessed the pdf you sent......outstanding instructions/pics. Thanks so much and good luck with your move.

Take care and shoot straight

 

[Svashtar]

Not to bump an old thread, but thank you! Excellent instructions I couldn't find anywhere else. My 20 year old 444SS is a nice rifle but has the worst trigger on the planet. (Actually, my .45 Camp Carbine has the worst, but it's within Marlin specs of 8 lbs, so they won't touch it.)

Thanks again.

 

[Svashtar]

Install went off without a hitch. Excellent instructions. Only little caveat is that the new trigger pull isn't even close to 3 pounds.

Old trigger pull in 1989 Marlin 444SS was 5.75 lbs (average of 10 pulls with Lyman TP gauge.) Trigger also was creepy and had the famous flop.

New pull is still nearly SIX pounds, but no creep, and no flop. Very nice trigger, but still too heavy. Either WW is limiting their liability now, along with everyone else, or the older Marlins are special somehow.

BTW, I carefully stoned the hammer notch with a fine ceramic square finishing stone, just to make sure everything was clean and smooth, and then treated everything with Brownell's action magic followed by their action lube. Very slick, very crisp, and too heavy.

I'll try replacing the mainspring with a lighter spring. Maybe that will help.

Thanks much.

 

[helo18]

Hello,

I am new to this forum. I am trying to put a wild west trigger in my Marlin 1895. I cannot access the file listed here. Can anyone repost it or get me the file. Thanks for help.

 

[Visible Intent]

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The pdf file attached to 1858's post about 4 or 5 posts above yours is still available. I just tested it. Have you tried to download it?

 

[Shrinkmd]

Got it in, but problems!

First off, thank you for the wonderful instructions and pictures!

I successfully installed a trigger on my 1894css, and tonight I installed one on my 1894ss. Only problem is, the first install took about 15 minutes, but tonight took 2 hours! The stupid receiver and trigger wouldn't line up, and it took forever to finally get it back together. I was afraid I buggered the screw or the holes, but after trying it without the receiver to confirm the trigger screw would actually go into the threads on the outer receiver, I finally got it together.

Unfortunately, I scratched the receiver in a few spots, so I need to work on buffing the scratches out and polishing the thing (and the small gouges around the screw head...don't ask) Any advice on that? I will read up on the old posts about polishing stainless. At least it isn't matte finish, so I can make it all even more shiny.

Also, the trigger is doing something weird. It is breaking nicely at a little under 3lb (original around 6), but if I try to recock the hammer without working the lever, it often does not catch. If I push the trigger forward a little, or gently tug on the lever, I hear a very fine click, and then the trigger can be reset without working the lever again. It looks like there is a tiny spring which pushes on the trigger.

Has this happened to anyone else? I really don't want to disassemble this rifle, given how hard it was to get it back together. Stupid quality control on the "Remlin" Marlins. I should have waited till they got their quality control fixed...

Thanks for any advice on these issues. Next stop is slugging the bore so I can get my lead boolit loads shooting better.

 

[MCMXI]

Shrinkmd, I used the instructions this past weekend to install a Wild West trigger in my 1894CSS and I found them useful too ... and I wrote them!! One thing I noticed is that it's best to leave the screws that hold the trigger plate (I refer to it as the lower receiver) loose before installing the pivot screw for the hammer. Once all the screws have been started into the threads, it's then a simple case of tightening them.

I didn't have any issues installing the trigger, this is my fifth Marlin upgrade, and the difference is night and day. I also installed a Wild West "bear proof" ejector and some other upgrades from Longhunter including a stainless steel magazine follower, stainless steel magazine spring, titanium one-piece firing pin and lighter hammer spring. Combined with the Skinner sights front and rear this is one slick .357 Magnum lever action.

Unfortunately, I scratched the receiver in a few spots, so I need to work on buffing the scratches out

I've found that a stainless steel brush does a great job of buffing out scratches on the Marlin.

As for your trigger, it sounds like it could be hanging up on something. You should take it apart again and check that the trigger is free to move in the trigger plate and that there are no burrs causing it to rub. The trigger has a return spring so check that the spring isn't binding in some way.

 

[Shrinkmd]

I was reading on this page http://marauder.homestead.com/files/Marlin94.html about reassembly, and the importance of NOT tightening all the screws until you get the trigger pivot screw in. Wish I RTFM ahead of time, would have saved a couple hours of pain (and scratching up the gun).

I hit the auto parts store and got an assortment of wet/dry paper, so I will see if the higher grits can get the scratches out first, if not I can go as low as 220 or 400.

That website also recommends doing a full disassembly, clean, and lube/grease(it was nasty in there after a couple hundred rounds!) after every couple hundred rounds. Now that I know how to do it, it isn't that big a deal. Would it be an accuracy problem or loosen up the gun taking the screws in and out that often? I know more guns are broken by over cleaning than the opposite. And I already did that!

 

[MCMXI]

Would it be an accuracy problem or loosen up the gun taking the screws in and out that often?

No ... but it helps if you have a good set of bits for the screws. Using good bits goes a long way towards preventing damage to the screws and/or the surface of the receiver. Ideally the bits should have a snug fit in the screw slot.