Rough Action on 1977 94

Am I the only one on the Board who has encountered this?

Flynt,

I'm not sure why no one else has posted, but I'll share my thought for whatever they are worth.

First off, with it being a 1977 model, you would think that it would be "broke in" by now. I have read that just cycling the action will help smooth the rough spots.

Since that hasn't occurred I'd suggest going to here: http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,58735.0.html to slick up that action a little. Lots of people have with great results.

Hope this helps,
-Bob George

You can't beat Erik's action treatment for a Marlin lever gun. I did it to my 1894SS and was amazed with the improvement. Do this and I'd bet yours slicks up nicely.

Radar 1 said:

You can't beat Erik's action treatment for a Marlin lever gun. I did it to my 1894SS and was amazed with the improvement. Do this and I'd bet yours slicks up nicely.

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Is this action treatment product on store shelves or somthing you order on line ? paste ?

It's not a product, it's the work performed to smooth the actions moving parts.

Ballplayer said:

Is this action treatment product on store shelves or somthing you order on line ? paste ?

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Click on the link Bruiser provided ...

bjm

Gottcha, the way it was written made it sound like a reccomendation of a product name "Erik's action treatment". LOL

Thanks for the link. I performed a partial action job, and it really helps. I took a file and made a very small angle at the point the ejector groove in the bolt first contacts the ejector. I polished the bottom of the ejector groove and the nub on the ejector, plus the part at the end of the bolt that rides over hammer. Not slick as glass, but big improvement. I have to conclude that this episode points out one aspect in which the newer Marlins are superior to the older ones (possibly the only one?).

flynt said:

Thanks for the link. I performed a partial action job, and it really helps. I took a file and made a very small angle at the point the ejector groove in the bolt first contacts the ejector. I polished the bottom of the ejector groove and the nub on the ejector, plus the part at the end of the bolt that rides over hammer. Not slick as glass, but big improvement. I have to conclude that this episode points out one aspect in which the newer Marlins are superior to the older ones (possibly the only one?).

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I've had a number of 1894s through my hands, my econo model .44 1894 was the worst for roughness and burrs. They vary, depending on who machined the parts and at what part of the tooling cycle. Some have a lot of tool marks, others are very smooth inside. Newer ones aren't necessarily better than older ones, usually the older used ones have all the burrs worn off by now and are pretty smooth anyway. Maybe you've gotten a safe queen that wasn't used a whole lot.

If you pull the bolt and cycle the action with just the carrier in there, you might be able to find some more rough spots where the carrier stud rides on the lever. At the right angle you can see down in there through the bolt slot. Remember, don't remove metal, just polish.

Stan