jackstrawIII
New member
Hey,
I've got a (hopefully) simple problem. I got new Marlin 1894 recently. I "broke in" the rifle shooting few boxes of 44 Specials, with no problems. Then I switched over to a box of 44 Mags and with the first shot, the case got stuck in the chamber and wouldn't eject. And it was really stuck in there. I ended up having to stick a dowel down the barrel and pound it out.
I figured maybe the chamber was dirty, so I cleaned chamber and barrel well and headed back to the range. Once again, first shot with 44 Mag jammed the brass in there so tight, it had to resort to hammering a dowel again.
When I pull the brass out, they look mostly ok, but have a slight indentation about halfway up the wall of the case and some "skid marks" along the case wall.
Any ideas? Can I fix this, or should I send the gun back?
I've got a (hopefully) simple problem. I got new Marlin 1894 recently. I "broke in" the rifle shooting few boxes of 44 Specials, with no problems. Then I switched over to a box of 44 Mags and with the first shot, the case got stuck in the chamber and wouldn't eject. And it was really stuck in there. I ended up having to stick a dowel down the barrel and pound it out.
I figured maybe the chamber was dirty, so I cleaned chamber and barrel well and headed back to the range. Once again, first shot with 44 Mag jammed the brass in there so tight, it had to resort to hammering a dowel again.
When I pull the brass out, they look mostly ok, but have a slight indentation about halfway up the wall of the case and some "skid marks" along the case wall.
Any ideas? Can I fix this, or should I send the gun back?