Bought the wife a used 357 1894. It's newer , but, suffers from none of the problems that we here about. The trigger is awful. Like 7 lbs awful. Anyone know of a good lever gunsmith in SE Michigan? Went to Williams Gunsite and they said that the WWG happy trigger kit is actually better than what they would do because it eliminates the trigger flop. May go with the DIY . What does everyone think?

to start......replace the hammer/main spring with a Wolfe lightweight.........

or grind off one coil of this mainspring....only one to start

pull rifle down...clean innards well also......polish/buff pivot points

Wolfe also make a light weight lever spring.....some like it.....some don't

or a Happy trigger for $120

https://www.gunsprings.com/index.php

This is what I did on my Marlin 1894C 357mag.
1. Wild West Happy Trigger and ejector
2. One piece stainless firing pin and Wolff reduced power hammer spring.
Made my action smooth with a 2-1/4 # crisp with no creep trigger pull. Well worth the money in my opinion.

mixed reviews on the WWG bear proof ejector....$31

Marlin OEM two piece ejector works well in most cases.....about $13

you can carefully tweak the OEM spring changing the angle...still ejecting just fine

again....simply buffing innards will smooth out the action...along with use.....

or just cycling the action...have not tried the 1 pc firing pin...but good reports

If you go to MarlinOwners.com there are some tutorials on smoothing up the action and a do it yourself trigger job so simple that I can do it. I think you'll find those way on down the list of categories.

I’ve done trigger jobs on some Marlins but I am still a fan on the WWG trigger.

The Bearproof ejector provides more than meets the eye but is really only needed on a few Marlins. The specs are slightly different and measurements are closer to older factory ejectors. There is also a beveled edge on a Bearproof to prevent an overide jam. Long story short, unless you are dealing with a 450, 45/70, 444, or 375 Win, if your ejector works, leave it alone.

I did an explanation with pics over at Marlin Owners years ago.

I use wolf hammer springs with one small shim washer.

I’m a fan of the one piece firing pin with a hammer safety only

Maybe a snail cam job on a 1894