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So a new to me, very good to NIB shape, Marlin 1895G, factory ported, JM marked. Apparently these ported versions were made 1988-92 (ish), judging by the lack of wear on the loading gate, age of the rifle, and that i am at least the third owner; i am going to assume that the "marlin jam" issue i encountered is frequent with this example, and the reason a 24 yr or older Guide Gun looks new.
The issue is the double feed. I shot, and the rifle ejected the spent case, the next was partly out on the carrier, jammed in the magazine tube/carrier and the action was jammed open. Could not force the offending shell back into the magazine as the carrier was forcing it up and the rim would not go in the tube. A long flat screwdriver got it out. Ammo was the factory Hornady Leverrevolution, but this apparently happens to others with all ammo. After the jam ws cleared i cycled the rifle fine with both the hornady and fed blue box. Did not fire it again.
So i have read some marlin forum stuff, and watched some videos. The fix seems three ways.....firstly one replaces the carrier, were the cam on the lever makes a groove; secondly, you hone the sharp edge on the lever edge that makes the groove; thirdly, you grind a flat surface on the carrier where the groove has formed....make a replacement sliver of harder metal(jigsaw blade) and JB Weld it in place.
So sorry for the long post...But, what have people done? Do you have a link to a better video showing particularly fix #2? Does anyone know a gunsmith or shop, that specializes or is good at doing the work?
C'mon guys help a brother out? It seems the replace the carrier is a temp fix, until the groove reforms. What i would really like is for someone to PM me, perhaps a photo of the area that needs honing for #2, take a photo with the offending area taped....???? I just moved, have most of my tools in storage, so i dont want to try #3. Unfortunately the gun is also a blued version, so i dont want to expose a lot of metal to a marine environment......a lot of the clean up of tool marks on the marlins is not going to happen.
Anyways........
The issue is the double feed. I shot, and the rifle ejected the spent case, the next was partly out on the carrier, jammed in the magazine tube/carrier and the action was jammed open. Could not force the offending shell back into the magazine as the carrier was forcing it up and the rim would not go in the tube. A long flat screwdriver got it out. Ammo was the factory Hornady Leverrevolution, but this apparently happens to others with all ammo. After the jam ws cleared i cycled the rifle fine with both the hornady and fed blue box. Did not fire it again.
So i have read some marlin forum stuff, and watched some videos. The fix seems three ways.....firstly one replaces the carrier, were the cam on the lever makes a groove; secondly, you hone the sharp edge on the lever edge that makes the groove; thirdly, you grind a flat surface on the carrier where the groove has formed....make a replacement sliver of harder metal(jigsaw blade) and JB Weld it in place.
So sorry for the long post...But, what have people done? Do you have a link to a better video showing particularly fix #2? Does anyone know a gunsmith or shop, that specializes or is good at doing the work?
C'mon guys help a brother out? It seems the replace the carrier is a temp fix, until the groove reforms. What i would really like is for someone to PM me, perhaps a photo of the area that needs honing for #2, take a photo with the offending area taped....???? I just moved, have most of my tools in storage, so i dont want to try #3. Unfortunately the gun is also a blued version, so i dont want to expose a lot of metal to a marine environment......a lot of the clean up of tool marks on the marlins is not going to happen.
Anyways........
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