Shooting the Marlin 1894 in 44 mag made me realize how slick the actions on my other Marlins were in comparison. I decided that this rifle needed some work to get it up to snuff.
First thing to do was tear it completely down. Thankfully these are simple acting and easy to take down.
I polished up the bolt. It was rough as hell. I use a 1/2" square India stone and some oil. The ejector slot was cleaned up with 400 grit paper and a share needle file. The file was wrapped in the paper to get the entire slot.
I then turned to the loading port and the burrs on the opening.
That shiny edge is the front of the loading port. The inner edge had a burr that made loading a bit rough. It was also hard on the fingers when pushing the last round in. A little piece of 400 grit paper and my little finger quickly removed the burrs and smoothed the inner surface. The outside was not touched as it wasn't an issue.
The next offending part addressed was the loading gate. It too had some burrs on the I some edge. A finger wrapped in 400 grit paper quickly smoothed those edges.
First thing to do was tear it completely down. Thankfully these are simple acting and easy to take down.
I polished up the bolt. It was rough as hell. I use a 1/2" square India stone and some oil. The ejector slot was cleaned up with 400 grit paper and a share needle file. The file was wrapped in the paper to get the entire slot.
I then turned to the loading port and the burrs on the opening.
That shiny edge is the front of the loading port. The inner edge had a burr that made loading a bit rough. It was also hard on the fingers when pushing the last round in. A little piece of 400 grit paper and my little finger quickly removed the burrs and smoothed the inner surface. The outside was not touched as it wasn't an issue.
The next offending part addressed was the loading gate. It too had some burrs on the I some edge. A finger wrapped in 400 grit paper quickly smoothed those edges.