Customer brought in a Marlin Camp 9 and says it will not chamber. I cannot get the bolt to close with a dummy round in Mag. Is there a secret to getting the bolt to close or is there a problem with the hold open latch? Disassembly books no help on operation of bolt closing.
OK, you don’t mention if the bolt closes without shells in the mag or with the mag removed or without any cartridges in the mag, so check all these things out. Now you say that the bolt won’t close and then ask if there is a problem with the hold open latch? Is the bolt trying to close at all? There is a problem with these we often encounter after some one has taken them apart to clean and that is the ramp will move forward and get under the barrel. Then the shells will stub on the bottom of the barrel every time. Look for that. Look into what is holding the bolt open, take out a part i.e., the hold open lever then see if the gun operates correctly, then take out another part, eventually you’ll find out what is causing the problems.
Reply:
Ken, I appreciate your reply. It was indeed that someone had taken it apart and the feed ramp was under the barrel. The bullets-dummies- were hitting the barrel edge and jamming. I reassembled it with the feed ramp in the proper position and checked it with dummies then fired three rounds in fairly rapid succession. Did all the safety checks and its ready to be picked up.
Now; that is another topic. This is a valuable board. We need all the members to check it daily, we need a lot of participation and the members of the Inner Circle will become what they want to be, good gunsmiths.
