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Marlin trouble

Postby Fenrir » Tue May 05, 2015 8:40 pm

It looks as if my Marlin 1894 Cowboy in .38/.357 with the 24" octagonal barrel is succumbing to the Marlin jam or whatever it is bloody called. Anyway the sodding thing won't cycle so it needs a good fettle to get it back to working order. I am not going to try and do it myself as I almost certainly don't have the skill and as sure as anything I don't have the time so I am looking for a bit of advice as to the best place to send it to get it sorted out and really slicked up. An idea on the likely cost would be nice as well.

To the best of my knowledge it is in pretty stock condition as I have never had anything done to it but I am not the original owner but I gather there are a few tweaks that improve things a lot and would be tempted to go down that route if affordable.

This is deeply frustrating as I have been working on a new load and just at the point I thought I was there the forking lever has jammed open.

Any help would be much appreciated.
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby Keef » Tue May 05, 2015 9:29 pm

The chances are that the lifter has broken. I believe the normal fault is the plunger on the side.

From comments on another forum there are no spares available.

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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby Fenrir » Tue May 05, 2015 9:36 pm

Thanks Keith, will be in touch soon. I think I have a trip up to Merseyside in the near future which I can tag it on to. In fact I may be in Stoke quite a bit soon as daughter number two is hoping to go to university there next term.
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby leadpig » Tue May 05, 2015 9:38 pm

have you been using 38s in it
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby Fenrir » Tue May 05, 2015 9:42 pm

No, 357s
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby leadpig » Tue May 05, 2015 9:57 pm

hmm flush wad cutters or lrn /tc
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby Fenrir » Tue May 05, 2015 10:15 pm

158 grain RNFP, never had any problems with them before. I had a play around with some wad cutters seated nearly flush to the case mouth a while back but they cycled perfectly at the time.
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby leadpig » Tue May 05, 2015 11:00 pm

common problem was the 38s would catch due to being shorter and slowly bend the feed ramp,the flush fitting w/c caused similar problems :hmm:
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby flintlok » Wed May 06, 2015 12:05 am

Next time by a the Winchester 1873. As long as the overall length of the cartridge will fit into the lifter block, ie not too long for the block, it will shoot anything with an action so smooth and slick you wouldn't know whether or not there's a cartridge in the lifter just but feel of the loading cycle. ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby Coldfinger » Wed May 06, 2015 8:02 am

I had a lot of problems with my Marlin jamming, either not picking upa round properly or trying to stuff one into the barrel at an odd angle - a new lifter fixed the problem immediately.

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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby Keef » Wed May 06, 2015 8:03 am

Probably 99% of the underlever rifles in use in the UK are used for gallery rifle target shooting and the bulk will have a 'scope fitted.

As it sideways ejects the Marlin is the favourite to use.

Winchesters and others that eject to the top can damage the 'scope and sometimes get an empty drop in the action.

Spares for Winchesters are also a problem, one member at our club had his rifle unworkable for well over six months as he couldn't get spares for it.
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Re: Marlin trouble

Postby weebeestie » Wed May 06, 2015 11:55 pm

I'v talked to this bloke before and he seems to know his stuff.

Check him out http://aandagunsmiths.co.uk/
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