I bought an 1894 .357 carbine from Gander Mountain about two years ago, and since have put several thousand cast lead rounds through it, overall I'm very pleased with it, developed a great cast lead load for it, very accurate and smooth handling.
The other day I was cleaning it, and noted the loading gate had come loose, something inside has broken and the gate just flops around. You can still load and fire the rifle, but something is definately wrong:
I contacted Marlin, described the problem and they sent me free of charge two parts, a spring which looks like an unfinished loading gate, and a small screw. I've never pulled the rilfe apart, and since Gander Mountain offers a five year gaurantee, I'm considering giving the rifle to the the Gander Mountain gunsmith to fix.
Or, I could attempt to pull the rifle apart myself, but having never disasembled any lever rifle, don't know if that is the smart thing to do....
So, give the rifle to an unknown guy at Gander Mountain or tear into it myself?
The other day I was cleaning it, and noted the loading gate had come loose, something inside has broken and the gate just flops around. You can still load and fire the rifle, but something is definately wrong:
I contacted Marlin, described the problem and they sent me free of charge two parts, a spring which looks like an unfinished loading gate, and a small screw. I've never pulled the rilfe apart, and since Gander Mountain offers a five year gaurantee, I'm considering giving the rifle to the the Gander Mountain gunsmith to fix.
Or, I could attempt to pull the rifle apart myself, but having never disasembled any lever rifle, don't know if that is the smart thing to do....
So, give the rifle to an unknown guy at Gander Mountain or tear into it myself?