I have a Marlin 1894S in .44 Magnum that will on occassion have a bullet stick partially in the tube and partially under the feed ramp. It requires me to remove the lever, bolt and extractor and tap it out (on the rim) with a plastic punch. I've onwed many Marlin rifles and I have never had this problem.



It doesn't seem to matter if I am working the lever fast or slow and it's totally random. Any suggestions?

Nobody has any suggestions? I thought this was supposed to be "the" gunsmithing forum on the web

I had one that was terribly accurate, but would jam on me all the time. I sold it, but recently someone mentioned that a new lifter?? would have solved the problem. I've always wondered about lever actions since that one.

I have 1 marlin in 45/70 but also have owned a .44 rem marlin which never jammed....I would take it to a lever smith and have him look at it. It could be a simple fix.

Let me see if I understand this. As you close the action, the carrier lifts the round to the chamber and sometime a cartridge slips under the carrier and jams the action. If that's the case, it sounds like the little "nub" on the carrier is letting the next round slip under it. The "nub" I refer to is the bit of the carrier that stick out the bottom of the action. It may be worn, broken or undersized enough to cause the problem you describe as it's function is to hold the next case in the magazine tube until the action is closed. If the rifle is less than 5 years old, contact Marlin about the problem for warranty work here:
MFC
100 KENNA DRIVE
NORTH HAVEN, CT 06473
PHONE: 800-544-8892

Do you have a lot of rounds shot through this gun? I don't know the specifics but could this be the "famous" Marlin jam?http://marauder13.homestead.com/files/marlin94fix.html
If so check out the above website for the fix. Hope this helps.

I believe wiktor is right. Great article reference on this, thanks. I had one .44 Marlin Model 94 doing the same thing years ago, and I soft soldered a small piece of steel shim on the carrier bottom to get it to raise up a little higher, as well as rounding over/polishing the lever edge. This cured the problem, and is still going strong as far as I know. Customer never came back with it anyhow!

I tinned the carrier bottom, and one surface of the shim piece, then sweated them together with minimum heat. Seems to me it was about a .010" shim; maybe thicker.

Hope you get it fixed and back to shootin' soon. Joe