1894 jam

[Icy Straits]

I got a question for you guys. Took the new 1894c out to shoot with a buddy. Shot great and was fun but my buddy kinda short stroked it and it jammed. I noticed that the back part of the two piece firing pin was angled down below the bottom of the bolt and hanging up on the hammer and I could push it back up and close the bolt. Happened twice and when I look at it from the side it appears that the back piece of the firing pin is still canted down at a slight angle. Did I break something or is this normal. Can't see the assembly in the parts breakdown to see what it is supposed to look like. Thanks.

[victorcharlie]

That's normal....the Marlin has a 2 piece firing pin.  When the lever is operated to close the bolt, the bolt locking mechanism pushes the firing pin up.......so the rifle will fire.  If the lever isn't fully closed, the rifle won't fire.......

So, it was designed so the rifle won't fire unless everything is in battery.......

Does that make sense?

Have a look at this when you have some time:  http://marauder.homestead.com/files/marlin94.html

[bilmac]

I.S.
Do I understand your gun is still jammed? If you can't clear it, take out the screw that the finger lever rotates on. The lever will then fall free, and then you should jijjle the bolt enough to clear it. The ejector is loose in the gun when you take the bolt out so take care not to loose it. Then you can look at the bottom of the bolt and see how the two piece fireing pin works.

This easy takedown is the reason I own several Marlins and no Winchester 94s. I even pull the bolt and clean my Marlins from the breech.

[Jim n Iowa]

I have a 1894P and I shoot alot of 240 swc type bullets,and I have found that the lever stroke must be smoothe and complete to avoid jams, ie: one fluid motion.
Jim