Need help with a Marlin Camp Carbine 45

[JCM298]

I bought a used Marlin Camp Carbine 45 today, took it home, and dis-assembled and cleaned it following the instructions in the three manuals I found on line. Two of the manuals had better instructions and photos than the Marlin factory manual.

Everything went fine until, after re-assembly, I tried to dry fire it. I found that the trigger won't move. I've dis-assembled and re-assembled it three times. I can manually feed Snap-Caps and eject them with no problem. I just can't get the trigger to move.

The saftey appears to function properly. It moves from "Off" to "On" and vice versa but there is no movement of the trigger. I've examined the interior of the lower part of the receiver and nothing seems out of place. The hammer moves freely and so does the main spring. The trigger just will not move.

Any suggestions. The gun store is closed tomorrow, so I have until Monday to try to fix it. If I can't, I guess I'll just return it. The store owner is reputable and I've dealt with him for years so that won't be a problem.
I would rather get the gun working because it's a nice little rifle.

Thanks for any help.

John

 

[Canuck223]

Stick an empty mag in the magwell.

The gun has a mag safety.

 

[JCM298]

Canuck223,

Thanks for the quick reply. You did two things with your post:

1. You fixed the problem.

2. You made me feel like a complete idiot.

I have not had a gun with a mag. safety/dis-connect in 20 years. I read the manual, noted that it had the mag safety, and completly forgot about it. Oh well, in the past hour I have gotten the dis-assembly/re-assembly down pat.
I can nearly do it blind-folded, sort of like messing with the M-1 Garand forty-five years ago.


I appreciate your help. Now, I can go play with it tomorrow to see how it shoots.

John