Need help with stuck bolt in Marlin 1895

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Callee

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So I realized tonight that I had never cleaned my Marlin 1895 before, so I got all my cleaning tools out, watched a few YouTube videos, and then went at it.

I thought everything went fine, but when it came time to reassemble I think I've screwed something up.

The video instructions said clearly to slide the bolt halfway in, then angle the lever back in from the bottom, hook the lever into the bolt, then put the lever screw back in.

But when I did it, I had some difficulty getting the bolt started, and then when I slid it in instead of sliding it halfway in I slid it all the way in! Just like a Friday night I guess.

The problem is that the bolt won't slide back out! I even slid a cleaning rod down the barrel till I contacted the front of the bolt and gave it some gentle pressure. The bolt can wiggle back and forth a tiny bit, but you can hear that it is latched or hooked onto some piece of metal somewhere that needs to be released for the bolt to slide back out. I can't seem to figure out where or how that is, and I'm hesitant to take the gun any further apart.

Can anyone help me out with some advice here?

thanks!

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MosinMan13 said:
You should tell people how you managed, that way this thread can be searched and maybe help the next guy.

Odds are they won’t search it anyways, but you never know.
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Wish i could describe some helpful trick, but honestly, all i did was take a break, get a cool glass of water, remind myself to calm the #### down, then i sat there and stared at it for 5 minutes till it suddenly popped into my head to try toggling the safety.
Maybe the calming down part is the good advice. Your brain is often capable of figuring out a lot of #### if you shut up and give it a peaceful minute to think.
 
Also with the gun laying flat as in the op’s pic the safety block might have slipped up and be doing its job and locking the bolt. Holding the firearm in a canted or upright position would keep it from locking.
As might have happened when he lifted it to check the safety.
 
geologist said:
Dies that have to be installed by a gunsmith or can a maladroit like me install it?
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its super easy to install, remove stock, undo the little allen head plug that holds the spring and detent in, pull spring and detent out, move cross bolt safety out of receiver, install new flush fit replacement for safety, reinstall spring and detent, reinstall allen head plug to hold spring in, reinstall stock, approx 10 minutes

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hunterhenderson said:
undo the little allen head plug that holds the spring and detent in, pull spring and detent out, move cross bolt safety out of receiver, install new flush fit replacement for safety, reinstall spring and detent, reinstall allen head plug to hold spring in, reinstall stock,
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or simply crank the screw in til its tight enough to hold the cross bolt from moving while in Off position
 
It was the firing pin block that slides up and down freely that was locking the bolt. The cross bolt safety has absolutely nothing to do with the bolt- it only prevents the hammer from contacting the firing pin when the lever and hence the firing pin block are in place.
Look at the position of the cross bolt, zero effect on the bolt removal. Open the lever and rotate the firearm and listen to the pin block slide up & down.
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450yukon said:
It was the firing pin block that slides up and down freely that was locking the bolt. The cross bolt safety has absolutely nothing to do with the bolt- it only prevents the hammer from contacting the firing pin when the lever and hence the firing pin block are in place.
Look at the position of the cross bolt, zero effect on the bolt removal. Open the lever and rotate the firearm and listen to the pin block slide up & down.
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Interesting, it must have just been a fluke that it finally worked for me when it did. I will have to look at that the next time I clean it. Thank you for posting!
 
You probably would have had to lift the gun up from its laying flat. Without the lever in it and in the closed position the firing pin block is free floating. The hook on the lever is what pushes the block up to align the two pieces of the firing pin. Drop the lever a half inch and it’s free floating and moves easily with any movement.
 
Callee said:
Wish i could describe some helpful trick, but honestly, all i did was take a break, get a cool glass of water, remind myself to calm the #### down, then i sat there and stared at it for 5 minutes till it suddenly popped into my head to try toggling the safety.
Maybe the calming down part is the good advice. Your brain is often capable of figuring out a lot of #### if you shut up and give it a peaceful minute to think.
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Cool water? I don't believe a word of it🤣
 
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