Today we had a Range Safety Officer (RSO) class and one half of the students would play the range user and the other half the RSO. One of the "students" jammed a Marlin 1895 with dummy rounds. It was stuck in the partially open position and he could not move the lever either direction. The RSO couldn't fix it and I came over, examined it and pulled it out of service.
I handed them another lever action and the "student" managed to jam that one too. I pulled that out of service and gave him a bolt action instead.
The second lever action was cleared by me (I brought a tool kit) but the Marlin had to be taken home and disassembled. It turns out that the student had bent the ejector back about thirty degrees. This prevented the bolt from moving forward. It was locked up from moving back too because the bent extractor would not permit the cartridge to rise (think three point bind).
Anyway, after disassembly, the extractor was placed into a vise and flattened. It worked then but I suspect it has been compromised (too much bending back and forth stresses it). May have to temper it.
I handed them another lever action and the "student" managed to jam that one too. I pulled that out of service and gave him a bolt action instead.
The second lever action was cleared by me (I brought a tool kit) but the Marlin had to be taken home and disassembled. It turns out that the student had bent the ejector back about thirty degrees. This prevented the bolt from moving forward. It was locked up from moving back too because the bent extractor would not permit the cartridge to rise (think three point bind).
Anyway, after disassembly, the extractor was placed into a vise and flattened. It worked then but I suspect it has been compromised (too much bending back and forth stresses it). May have to temper it.