Widder; Thanks very much for your help...enjoyed the conversation. Unfortuneatly my 1894c is now a un-usable plie of parts...you could be right, maybe Brownells did send me the wrong carrier, but your advice on the hammer spring was exactly correct. I'll shop around for a good Marlin gunsmith where I can send this pile of parts to so it can be re-assembled and the jam/carrier issue fixed. I have to tell you, this whole "re-make the gun so it works as it should have in the begining anyway' is a new experience for me....I don't mind paying to get something fixed if I broke it, but the design flaws are something else. I'll start another thread to find a gunsmith...thanks again for all of your help.
