1893 Question for Vall

[bsaride]

Vall,

I just replaced the firing pin (2 piece with spring) on my 1893. When I took it apart there
wasn't a spring in it (spring toggles the rear pin down). When I reassembled it with the spring
in place it seems to me that the firing pin is a little snug and doesn't rectract without pushing
it back. I want to make sure this is correct before I put the rest together and go to the range
tomorrow.

Thanks,
Jay

[jdad]

I had the same problem. The lever resets the firing pin when you cycle the action. I have been shooting 2 Marlin's, without the spring, and there has been zero problems.

[J Miller]

My 1894's firing pin would bind up when the lever was closed. I was told to relieve the tension on the spring to help this. It did to a certain extent. I still had to relieve some metal off the top of the locking bolt to cure it.

Joe

[marlinman93]

Yes, the firing pin spring will cause the rear half to drag a bit, and as jdad said, a lot of them don't have the spring and worked for a very long time without a problem.

[bsaride]

OK,

I will look at the spring and see if I can lighten it or just remove it.

On the take down latch, I put a .012 shim in to make a solid rifle,
is this OK or should I hold off and rework the take down latch?

[marlinman93]

What did you use for shim material? If it's soft like brass, then I'd not use it, but if it's steel shim stock it should be fine.-Vall