Thread: Need some opinions on a couple of guns

Originally Posted by C404

I think a gunsmith may be a better option for the average person when tinkering with triggers sears etc. I gave myself a bit of a shock years ago trying to be too clever , much better and not expensive, to take it to an expert imo

You dont actually tinker with the sear at all, All you do is put a 1.5 mil shim into the hole in the action where the sear return spring rests. You dont have to take the trigger group apart at all, just drop it away from the action. No danger of the safety not working as if you over shim it you wont be able to get the bolt in or out. so it gives you an easy indicator as to how much shim your trigger needs.

The return spring mod is an addon to the trigger spring which gets the majority of the lightening done and again is very easy to do. The trigger spring alone got me down to about 5 lbs and the sear return srping netted anoth 1 & 1/4 or so.

Any sear surface polishing or mods that will effect safety, then yeah I absolutely agree, take it to a gunsmith. But both the above mods are super easy to do and pretty hard to get wrong

Originally Posted by Nick-D

You dont actually tinker with the sear at all, All you do is put a 1.5 mil shim into the hole in the action where the sear return spring rests. You dont have to take the trigger group apart at all, just drop it away from the action. No danger of the safety not working as if you over shim it you wont be able to get the bolt in or out. so it gives you an easy indicator as to how much shim your trigger needs.

The return spring mod is an addon to the trigger spring which gets the majority of the lightening done and again is very easy to do. The trigger spring alone got me down to about 5 lbs and the sear return srping netted anoth 1 & 1/4 or so.

Any sear surface polishing or mods that will effect safety, then yeah I absolutely agree, take it to a gunsmith. But both the above mods are super easy to do and pretty hard to get wrong

With mine I just did the trigger return spring and that probably took it down from 6lb to 2lb. Didn't even bother with the sear spring. Did the old bang, thump, slap test to make sure it was all good afterwards.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

With mine I just did the trigger return spring and that probably took it down from 6lb to 2lb. Didn't even bother with the sear spring. Did the old bang, thump, slap test to make sure it was all good afterwards.

Nah I hadnt planned on it either but wanted a little more after the trigger spring.

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Nah I hadnt planned on it either but wanted a little more after the trigger spring.

I was planning on the sear spring but decided it was just right as it was. The Marlins are very good value for money in both bolt and semi.