I've got a Marlin 60 that is giving me fits.
The gun is recent. Built around 2003 or so. Bought this gun recently.
The problem is it is binding up and very difficult to pull back the slide. It should smoothly glide back with minimal effort. I really have to grunt the thing rearward now. This can't be right.
I've cleaned and lubed the bolt twenty ways from Sunday.
The recoil buffer has been removed due to it falling into pieces. I have not fired the gun. A new buffer is on order.
It binds up on initial drawn back and again about 1/3 rearward.
If I hold in on the bolt release it cycles okay on multiple retracts but then I set it down and the binding occurs again.
Can the recoil spring or guide rod be the problem? The rod isn't bend.
The bolt slides fine without the spring in place.
Does the missing recoil buffer act as a spacer,separating the lower receiver from the upper? The rear takedown pin is the split plastic type,not the screws with stud so I assumed the clearance between the upper and lower remain the same with or without the buffer?
There is some battering in the lower bottom corner of the ejection port from the gun being fired with a broken buffer. It seems minimal tho.
Any ideas?
The gun is recent. Built around 2003 or so. Bought this gun recently.
The problem is it is binding up and very difficult to pull back the slide. It should smoothly glide back with minimal effort. I really have to grunt the thing rearward now. This can't be right.
I've cleaned and lubed the bolt twenty ways from Sunday.
The recoil buffer has been removed due to it falling into pieces. I have not fired the gun. A new buffer is on order.
It binds up on initial drawn back and again about 1/3 rearward.
If I hold in on the bolt release it cycles okay on multiple retracts but then I set it down and the binding occurs again.
Can the recoil spring or guide rod be the problem? The rod isn't bend.
The bolt slides fine without the spring in place.
Does the missing recoil buffer act as a spacer,separating the lower receiver from the upper? The rear takedown pin is the split plastic type,not the screws with stud so I assumed the clearance between the upper and lower remain the same with or without the buffer?
There is some battering in the lower bottom corner of the ejection port from the gun being fired with a broken buffer. It seems minimal tho.
Any ideas?