Have a feeding problem with a Marlin 60, can’t get it to load working the charging handle at all. It goes way right most of the time but also way left sometimes. I believe this one to be the newer style as the ejector is the carrier spring. Bob says in the tape that if you have feeding problems to replace the feed throat. He seems to talk more about what to do with the older style guns than the newer ones. Does this also pertain to the newer style? For the price of the new feed throat I think I’m better off replacing than fixing the old one. Thanks again Gregg
Most of the info carries over from old style to new style. This is one where if a couple of minor things don’t cure the problem right away then it is better to replace the part.
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I just finished an old model 60 (I have several) and the old bolt is different than the new . The new feed throat would not fit because it was not chamfered on the edge to fit the old bolt. Could we make this fit or is this something we need a new bolt also?
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If I recall correctly, and remember we are going by my memory, the feed throat can be altered to fit the old style bolt. Ken
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Received feed throat today. Installed it and when trying to put in the firing mechanism I have to pull bolt back about 1/2 “ to get it to go all the way in. The feed throat seems to fit the bolt good. I think the problem is the cartridge lifter is not coming up far enough and hit the bottom of the feed throat. The old feed throat has a cut out on in it for the cartridge lifter.I think the thing to do is mill out the new feed throat like the old one. Just thought I’d see if you ever ran into this before?
The problem was the cartridge carrier was too long where it hits the cartridge lifter roller. Took off a few thous. and put her together. Ran some dummy rounds through and it feeds extracts and ejects great. Ready for the range.
