I just bought a 1894 44 mag in SS 20inch barrel. I have heard about the 44 mag jam and was wondering if you recomend any modofications to avoid this potential problem and to smooth the action.
Thanks

I will see if I can find the fix for the Jam. Never happened to me, but I did the fix anyway. As far as smoothing the action, I put a reduced power main spring in. Some say it can cause inconsistant ignition to the primers causing accuracy problems, but I have not had that problem yet either. I also added the Wild West Happy Trigger for a much better trigger pull. The action will also smooth out with use.

Check these sites out.

http://www.levergun.com/articles/Race_Tuning.htm

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=259762

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

Hope these all help you out.

Gismo

http://www.marauder.homestead.com/Rifles.html

This site has LOTS of ideas. It also has a complete Tune-up article for the 1894. I did this the first day I had my 1894SS home. Glad I did. It gave me experience and made the gun smooth as silk. Easy to follow directions.

Robb

Okay guys,

Being the klutz that I am when it comes to breaking things down and fixin them, can anyone suggest where to take my Marlin 94 44 mag to get it souped up so it doesn't suffer these malfs sometime in the future?

Will Marlin make it right?

I'm in Az, near Phoenix if anyone knows someone willing to get this things 100%. If not, maybe I'll trade it and use the money to order another 92 from Steve Young in 44mag. It might be worth that anyway.

Thanks for the anticipated responses

Brownie

Did you try the tune up on the site I recommended above? Like I said, the instructions were step by step and VERY easy to follow. I have NO smithing experience and I was very happy with the results. After only 100 rounds it is pretty smooth and shoots like a dream.

As for Marlin, What do you want them to fix? You didn't mention anything broken and all guns take a little bit to "Wear in" when they are new. Just my .02

Robb

Feldhege,

Are you kidding? I said I was a klutz at this stuff. I would never attempt the tuneup myself, even though it was very detailed.

Easy for some is impossible for others, like me. I just know I'd get something wrong and have to send it out anyway.

As for Marlin work, it has been fired enough to suffer the problem of pickup ocassionally. Do they fix it, knowing the problem or just replace parts and have it happen again?

If I was shown how to do this once, I could do it again, but following instructions like that the first time? I won't touch it.

Brownie

Well,

I got over my fright at getting the 94 taken down and not being able to put it back together properly and went for it. Gotta learn sometime right?

Feldhege,

The link http://www.marauder.homestead.com/Rifles.html you provided is good at getting a guy with NO prior knowledge to be able to do this.

Thank you all. The 94 sits clean, I dremeled that spot that make the 94 carrier jam and I'm happy now.

Brownie

My 1894SS-LTD had numerous problems, including the one you speak of. I sent it back to Marlin and they fixed them all FOC.

I'm nothing close to a gunsmith, never even played one on TV, but as simple as the Marlin actions are, I managed to figure them out with a little study. The "Marauder" site mentioned earlier has some GREAT info, and anyone who is contemplating what to do with a finicky new (or old) rifle should check out these sites. I have managed to slick up all my Marlins, my 1894SS the slickest of all. I'm convinced stainless guns get slicker than carbon guns. Now if they'd just made a regular-production 1894C in stainless, I could die happy!

PJ

I think I have asked this before but I am old and have forgotten. What tools, and be specific, have you used to do this smooting work on marlins?

I used a dremel and a white buffing wheel with metal polish for most of it. I used VERY fine snadpaper to take down any burrs left over from machining. I used a small fine sanding drum on my dremel to curve the part on the lever to help stop the "marlin Jam". If you read the article, it is really clear what you need to do and how you can accomplish it.

Robb

hey there i have a marlin 1894 in a 44 mag, i have been tring some different loads for it. i used a 265 gr hornady bullet with h110, it was about a 2 '' group at 50 yrds,with all the loads i have tryed this is the closest. i want to get it shooting alittle better than that. does any one have any ideas to get it shooting better.