My Dad recently handed me down his marlin 30-30. This thing has a lot of sentimental value to me as some of my most memorable childhood moments occurred with this gun in hand.
Anyway, I tried loading some dummy rounds up to find what COAL the gun liked to feed. I started on the long side and worked down until it fed. The problem is it never would feed. In order to get the "lifter plate?" To come all the way up I had to turn the gun on its side and shake a bit.
When I talked to Dad last he said that it started doing that when he was checking zero a couple years ago. Now his philosophy on cleaning guns is "just wipe her down with some WD-40 and put her up". So I figured that its just a gummed up action. I plan on completely disassembling the action and doing a thorough cleaning. I would like to know if there's anything specific to look for or just replace wile I'm in there?
Anyway, I tried loading some dummy rounds up to find what COAL the gun liked to feed. I started on the long side and worked down until it fed. The problem is it never would feed. In order to get the "lifter plate?" To come all the way up I had to turn the gun on its side and shake a bit.
When I talked to Dad last he said that it started doing that when he was checking zero a couple years ago. Now his philosophy on cleaning guns is "just wipe her down with some WD-40 and put her up". So I figured that its just a gummed up action. I plan on completely disassembling the action and doing a thorough cleaning. I would like to know if there's anything specific to look for or just replace wile I'm in there?