Hello,
I've had a Marlin 336C since 1975. It's been flawless until one hiccup.
The lever was "stuck closed". The rifle was loaded with one in the chamber.
To empty the weapon, I unscrewed the magazine cap and removed the spring.
This allowed the emptying of the rifle. Took it apart, cleaned and oiled it good and ran into this problem; I can not get the magazine tube follower out.
From where the cap screws on until I can see the end of the magazine tube follower is about 3 inches. I have 3 feet of spring that won't compress that small.
So, how can I get the magazine spring back in the magazine tube? I've never taken this apart prior to having to empty the gun. Everything else about the reassembly went smooth. But again, the magazine tube follower is stuck.
Sorry to be so long but I wanted to be explicit on the problem. I sure hope someone here can please help.
Much thanks!
I've had a Marlin 336C since 1975. It's been flawless until one hiccup.
The lever was "stuck closed". The rifle was loaded with one in the chamber.
To empty the weapon, I unscrewed the magazine cap and removed the spring.
This allowed the emptying of the rifle. Took it apart, cleaned and oiled it good and ran into this problem; I can not get the magazine tube follower out.
From where the cap screws on until I can see the end of the magazine tube follower is about 3 inches. I have 3 feet of spring that won't compress that small.
So, how can I get the magazine spring back in the magazine tube? I've never taken this apart prior to having to empty the gun. Everything else about the reassembly went smooth. But again, the magazine tube follower is stuck.
Sorry to be so long but I wanted to be explicit on the problem. I sure hope someone here can please help.
Much thanks!