New 95 Cowboy, below par action

[Dana C]

I just took delivery of my 95' Cowboy 45-70.  While it is accurate with the first few shots, the action leaves a lot to be desired.  I don't know if I expected too much but I thought the action would be much smoother than it is.  The trigger needs work as well.  I have a 44Mag. 94' that is really slick.  The new one doesn't come close.

The question is; Do all the 95's need action and trigger jobs out of the box or did I just get a gritty one.  By the way, I cleaned it well before come this conclusion.

[Triple4]

It takes time and cycling, all new marlins are somewhat rough, if you search the net you will come up with several articals about smoothing the action.  As for the trigger I do my own work, but I have read where a lot of folks like the drop in wild west trigger.

[dla]

Typical Marlin.

Marlin could make a couple of very simple changes that would make the trigger and action soooooo much nicer. But they're a pretty low-end manufacturer. If they off-shored to China the quality would improve.

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• Trigger sear - simply grind it even and smooth. An added bonus would be if they changed the angle slightly so that you're not lifting the hammer when pulling the trigger.
• Hammer - round the head of the hammer so that the bolt engagement angle isn't as severe.
• Bolt - chamfer the edges of the cut-out for the firing pin disconnect.
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[Keith L]

If they off-shored to China the quality would improve.

As one who deals with product off-shored on a daily basis I have to disagree.  In many cases getting usable product requires more effort in China than in this country.  One company I work with started up their China facility in June and still hasn't been able to use any of its product yet.  It is getting closer, but has been costly. I realize that lots of effort is going into getting China's production up to the standard we require from American sources, but the fact is that Chineese production is still often sub-standard.  They used to be cheap, but that is also changing.

Frankly I would prefer to have to do a little tuning to an all American Marlin than offshore it to anywhere.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

If they off-shored to China the quality would improve.

Frankly I would prefer to have to do a little tuning to an all American Marlin than offshore it to anywhere.

HEAR!!! HEAR!!

There is just something about having an "American" rifle in your hands, versus something made by the cheapest worker one can afford.