Marlin 1895SBL 45-70

[Texasgrillchef]

I have a marlin 1895SBL in 45-70.

is the Wild West Guns Trigger and Ejector upgrade worth the money and effort?

https://www.wildwestguns.com/product/wwg-lever-happy-tune-kit/

Are there any upgrades worth the time and effort? If so what and from who?
Other than scopes/sights and lasers.

 

[earlthegoat2]

The ejector is mainly designed for longer than standard OAL rounds. Usually some further mods would have to be done to the receiver to shoot these rounds. However it will still work fine in a standard gun with standard length rounds. It is monolithic as opposed to the two piece factory ejector and IMO it is better but not strictly necessary.

The WWG trigger makes the trigger not floppy. That is it’s primary benefit. Other than that it is way expensive AND makes the trigger TOO LIGHT. 1.5-2lbs IME. Way too light for a hunting gun. Some light stoning on the factory trigger will lighten it to 3-4 lbs which I find more acceptable.

Shaving weight off that brick would be the best mods for me. Ditch the Leverrail and go with an island rear sight or standard scope mount or put on the lever scout mount to save a few ounces. Bore a big hole into the back of the stock and shave down the forend. You can get laminate pretty thin before it becomes fragile. I understand these are probably all unacceptable mods to you but....

Buy lots of ammo and have fun while it kicks you around.

 

[chicharrones]

Regarding weight, the XS Lever Scout adds material around the barrel which makes up for any rail length above the receiver of the XS Lever Rail which doesn't wrap around the barrel nearly as much.

Plus, if this website is correct, the Lever Rail is 3 ounces. I'd bet those two XS rails are within 1 ounce of each other.

 

[chicharrones]

I guess no one at THR has experience with the WWG trigger? Or they're away from the forum?

There's also a trigger offered by Ranger Point, but it sure looks other worldly to my eye.

I have neither trigger in my recently acquired 1894, but I have done some mild "tuning" to it because it was just so dang heavy from the factory. I'd guess 7 to 8 pounds, all I know is that is wasn't what I wanted in a rifle. Anyway, now the trigger is just a hair under 5 lbs (say 4.9 ish). Not quite bolt action rifle nice, but it's better than it was and I'm guessing lots of trigger time ought to smooth it up a smidge more.

For whatever reason, the Marlin trigger flop doesn't bother me.

 

[Old Stumpy]

In my opinion the "happy trigger kit" has a very unhappy price tag. :-(
Quite ridiculous in fact.
The weight of the trigger pull is in part the result of the hammer sear angle with respect to the trigger nose.
Some amount of angle is needed to cause the hammer to be cammed rearward in order for the trigger to move forward. This is a safety measure that causes the trigger nose to reset to full depth in the sear notch if you remove pressure from the trigger in mid-pull. But, in a mass production gun it may be hard to achieve a consistent pull that is not too heavy because of it.
In part though, I think that the heavy trigger pull is also the result of a too-heavy hammer coil spring.
The heavy spring is needed to overcome the two-piece firing pin friction to assure consistent primer ignition.
However, if a one-piece firing pin is installed, the hammer spring can be replaced with one that is somewhat lighter. This in turn should reduce the trigger pull.
Yes, you lose the firing pin safety, but the trigger safety interlock remains intact.
But, on rifles like the 1873 Winchester, that's all that there is anyway.