Marlin 1895 feed problem

[xcalibor67]

Well, im stumped..Took a friends Marlin 1895 45-70 apart, cleaned it, assembled it, and now if I push a round into the feed tube, and start to push a second round in, the 1st round trys to jump out of the tube. I have looked to see whats happening, but all I see is the cas head pushing back against the load gate. Did I lose a spring or something that holds the rounds in the tube while pushing the load gate open?

 

[TEC]

See this reference to "the dreaded Marlin Jam" and "letting in two." Wonder if Marlin's problem of "letting in two" is what you are describing.

http://marauder.homestead.com/files/Marlin94Fix.html

 

[xcalibor67]

Its nothing to do with a Jam, as far as cycling through the rounds with the lever, as it does fine..it has to do with merely loading the rounds into the feed tube. Every time I push the feed gate open on the side to insert another round, the round already in the tube pops out, or least tries to unless you physically hold it in while pushing the second/third round in, almost like it missing another catch inside to keep the existing round in while you depress the lil feed gate, door, open.

 

[4v50 Gary]

I suspect

It's probably not reassembled correctly.

 

[rcmodel]

There is nothing holding the cartridges in the mag tube, except the loading gate.
The rim of the last cartridge in the tube should be stopped by the bevel under the loading gate tab when you stop pushing it in.

Until you push the next one in behind it and push it further into the tube until the next one is trapped behind the loading gate.

1. Check to make sure you have seated the mag tube fully into the receiver.

2. Check to make sure there isn't a speck of grit or something under the loading gate (flat spring) where it seats inside the receiver.

3. Check to make sure the loading gate screw is not cross-threaded, and/ or, not fully tightened all the way Tight.

One of those three things is all it can be if it worked before you took it apart..

Rc

 

[N.Schafer]

It sounds like it is working correctly. The first cartridge should be pushed forward with the second, the second with the third etc.

What is your loading technique? You reference pushing the feed gate open and then putting the cartridge in. Are you pushing it open with a finger? I have always used the cartridge to push it in, letting the bullet open the gate.

 

[xcalibor67]

I did not take the feed gate off during cleaning, I merely pushed it open and cleaned around. I am not familiar with the 1895, or most levers for that matter, im just used to semi-shotguns, like the 1100 etc, when you push a shell into the tube, it stays in even if you reach under and push open the feed gate, waiting to stick the next round in.. I'll speak with the owner today and find out if it has always done this,if so personally I think its ****ty, but I guess that's why "to each his own"

 

[xcalibor67]

Found a vid. that's shows me there is nothing wrong with the rifle, they do not have a secondary catch, rounds do pop out when the feed gate is depressed.
Guess it makes for easy unloading..either way, I found the answer, thanks for the replies.

https://youtu.be/DCn3fxRhmB8

 

[entropy]

Ah, the King's gate is hard to enter. You tend to get pushed out by the last one in.

This is a saying amongst Rimmed rounds going into Winchester and Marlin levers.

My only suggestion is don't push the loading gate all the way in at first, and shove that next round in hard!.