1905 Marlin '94 needs help.

[aametalmaster]

Anyone have a .25-20 finish reamer they want to part with ????...Bob

[Highpower]

(12-19-2013, 07:32 PM)aametalmaster Wrote: Anyone have a .25-20 finish reamer they want to part with ????...Bob

Bob,

FYI: Another option. You can rent a reamer and headspace gauges for around $30. http://www.reamerrentals.com/

[aametalmaster]

Thanks Willie. I prob will do that since i plan on only one barrel. Today i will bend my lever...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Well today i got the lever back to usable shape. I pondered for days and looked at 30 or so pics to see exactly where it was bent and where i need to beat on it to straighten it without breaking it. I made a simple fixture with plates to sandwich the the lever in supported by three 1/2" bolts and a 1" aluminum disc in the trigger area. After i saw it was going to support the right side of the lever i beat on the left end with a hammer and an aluminum bar. It took 3 tries to make it right but it worked and the gun functions correct now. Now to fit the new bolt carrier and get ready to thread my barrel blank...Bob

[TomG]

That looks much better!

I always hate to see guns that have been abused like that. They deserve someone like you Bob, to put them back together again.

Tom

[racer-john]

Nice work, Bob, but you didn't show pics of the fixture.

[racer-john]

How can I be a "freshman", I am 81 yrs.young?

[racer-john]

I had a Winchester '94' .30-06 back in '57 when I was up north, but sold it shortly after. The lad I was hunting with said it sounded like a machine gun when
I shot at a moose. I really didn't want to kill the animal, just scare it away.

[aametalmaster]

(12-22-2013, 08:44 PM)racer-john Wrote: Nice work, Bob, but you didn't show pics of the fixture.

John you are right and i am sorry. Here is the fixture. The last pic is a crude outline of where it was, dark line and where it is now, red line to show how much it was off...Bob

[Highpower]