Increasing Tube Capacity on a Marlin?

[ditchpickle]

Hi, I have a question about increasing the tube magazine capacity on a Marlin 336 30-30. Right now it holds 6 (actually 6.5, almost 7), but im wondering if I could shorten the spring slightly and sqeeze that 7th in there with no advese affects? Im curious if anyone has tried this. Will it cause problems with my little rifle, or am i fine?

Thanks
dave.

 

[BrentSc]

Hi, I have a question about increasing the tube magazine capacity on a Marlin 336 30-30. Right now it holds 6 (actually 6.5, almost 7), but im wondering if I could shorten the spring slightly and sqeeze that 7th in there with no advese affects? Im curious if anyone has tried this. Will it cause problems with my little rifle, or am i fine?

Thanks
dave.

Dave, I could be mistaken, but what you are asking to do is illegal. A center fire rifle should be limited to 5 rnds.

Regards, Brent

 

[Win94]

Dave, I could be mistaken, but what you are asking to do is illegal. A center fire rifle should be limited to 5 rnds.

....................huh????

.............explain 10 or 11 mag capacity in a marlin .44 mag 1894
..............or any pistol caliber in a win 94???

Pistol calibers are centerfires. 8)

 

[Can-down]

5rds for semi auto's

 

[Ripstop]

it holds 6 (actually 6.5, almost 7), but im wondering if I could shorten the spring slightly and sqeeze that 7th in there

You may not get the tension to feed the 6th and 7th round if you cut the spring. It surely would feed the 1st round at greater force. If you had a spare spring, you could experiment. If you cut the only spring you have, you may end up with a 5 round tube!

Ripstop

 

[BrentSc]

Dave, I could be mistaken, but what you are asking to do is illegal. A center fire rifle should be limited to 5 rnds.

....................huh????

.............explain 10 or 11 mag capacity in a marlin .44 mag 1894
..............or any pistol caliber in a win 94???

Pistol calibers are centerfires. 8)

win94, thanks for the clarification... so the .30-30 is classified a pistol cartidge? Obviously my assumption (wrong in this case) was all rifle mags were limited to 5 rnds.

Regards, Brent

 

[JohnC]

Dave, I could be mistaken, but what you are asking to do is illegal. A center fire rifle should be limited to 5 rnds.

....................huh????

.............explain 10 or 11 mag capacity in a marlin .44 mag 1894
..............or any pistol caliber in a win 94???

Pistol calibers are centerfires. 8)

win94, thanks for the clarification... so the .30-30 is classified a pistol cartidge? Obviously my assumption (wrong in this case) was all rifle mags were limited to 5 rnds.

Regards, Brent

in the case of rifles and shotguns only centerfire semi-automatics are limited to 5 rounds in the magazine. Unless they accept pistol magazines (Beretta Storm, ruger PC9, etc) in which case the limit is 10.

Any other action type (lever, bolt, pump) centerfire rifle or shotgun can have as many as you want

rimfire rifles have no limit.

pistols are 10 rounds whether centerfire or rim fire.

there is no federal legal classification of a cartridge as "pistol" or "rifle" that I know of . the magazine capacity rules only have to do with whether the action is semi-automatic or not, and rimfire or centerfire, and pistol or not.

hope this helps

 

[BrentSc]

Dave, I could be mistaken, but what you are asking to do is illegal. A center fire rifle should be limited to 5 rnds.

....................huh????

.............explain 10 or 11 mag capacity in a marlin .44 mag 1894
..............or any pistol caliber in a win 94???

Pistol calibers are centerfires. 8)

win94, thanks for the clarification... so the .30-30 is classified a pistol cartidge? Obviously my assumption (wrong in this case) was all rifle mags were limited to 5 rnds.

Regards, Brent

in the case of rifles and shotguns only centerfire semi-automatics are limited to 5 rounds in the magazine. Unless they accept pistol magazines (Beretta Storm, ruger PC9, etc) in which case the limit is 10.

Any other action type (lever, bolt, pump) centerfire rifle or shotgun can have as many as you want

rimfire rifles have no limit.

pistols are 10 rounds whether centerfire or rim fire.

there is no federal legal classification of a cartridge as "pistol" or "rifle" that I know of . the magazine capacity rules only have to do with whether the action is semi-automatic or not, and rimfire or centerfire, and pistol or not.

hope this helps

John, it does help. Thanks for the clear and concise answer.

Regards, Brent

 

[Win94]

so the .30-30 is classified a pistol cartidge?

....................i said any pistol caliber. I did not say .30-.30 was a pistol caliber.

.....................next time i'll shall type s l o w e r

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