REMLIN advice

[Tisto]

I have an 1895SBL that I want some advice on. I want to do an action polish job to make it smoother and less clunky. I think I have a good idea what I can polish, and what parts I need to take sharp edges off of, as well as the pieces that are critical dimensions and are not to be messed with, but I want someone to confirm my ideas.

Anyone know anything about it ?

 

[S&W Fan]

I haven’t had to polish anything on either of my Marlin lever guns but they are of older production.However , I have done some light polishing work on my Rossi Puma lever gun with pretty good results. The parts that I concentrated on were the Lever, bolt, carrier & ejector. Look for and concentrate on areas that either show wear or friction marks.
Once I was satisfied with lightly smoothing over these areas I lightly oiled them and reassembled the gun. It functioned much smoother afterwards.

 

[S&W Fan]

At one time Master Gunsmith Steve Young had a video out showing how to do your own action job on lever guns.
I believe the website was stevesgunz.com

 

[Robin]

The cheap and dirty solution? Smear all the moving parts with toothpaste or semichrome and work the action a few dozen times. Clean and lubricate.
Robin

 

[FP1201]

Shine up or polish anything that moves, de-burr the Loading Gate, be careful about "removing" metal from the Trigger and Hammer as there isn't a lot there on the trigger....I'll bet there's everything you could want to know about tuning a Lever gun on either a Cowboy Action Shooting web page or one for Lever Actions....I have an 1895CB that' never been futzed with, shoots well enough, bites the piss out of your fingers while loading it if you're not careful...IIRC the tube holds (9) 45/70's plus one in the pipe, likes 'em on the hot side too.

 

[Tisto]

Shine up or polish anything that moves, de-burr the Loading Gate, be careful about "removing" metal from the Trigger and Hammer as there isn't a lot there on the trigger....I'll bet there's everything you could want to know about tuning a Lever gun on either a Cowboy Action Shooting web page or one for Lever Actions....I have an 1895CB that' never been futzed with, shoots well enough, bites the piss out of your fingers while loading it if you're not careful...IIRC the tube holds (9) 45/70's plus one in the pipe, likes 'em on the hot side too.

The gun shoots well enough. It's just rather crude mannered. The action is gritty and clunky. I want to polish what I need to in order to make it cycle smoothly and without hangups.

When I bought it new, it had a couple issues right out of the box that I had to fix before I could even take it to the range. While I had it completely disassembled at that time I noticed a lot of sharp edges and burrs but I didn't want to mess with it too much. I bought it only a month before a Newfoundland moose hunt and really didn't want to F something up. Since then it's made it's way to deer camp several times, but that's about it.

I can't remember exactly, but I think it holds 5 + 1. Still, 6 rounds of .45-70 is a lot. Mine seems to really like the Hornady Leverevolution 325 gr. flex tips. I found a few hand loads that perform well, but unless I'm hunting dinosaurs or something the 325's are plenty. It's a rather heavy little gun, but I like the way it looks with the gray laminate and stainless. I might clean up the checkering on it after I get the action cleaned up.

I go for surgery next week and will find myself with a lot of time on my hands after that.