El Chivo, thank you for weighing in. Hopefully I will have the problem figured out before I see you at the range next but if not hopefully you wont mind taking a look at it.

Good shooting!

EG

@GaCop Thanks for the reply. The bolt passed a basic visual inspection once it was out. It was actually pretty clean. I cleaned it further and oiled it up. I will post a picture once I pull it out again which for now I am hesitant to do given my last experience. I almost gave up and decided it wasn'...

My father recently gave me a 1958 Marlin 336 in .35 rem. As it had seen some use I thought a good cleaning was in order before testing out. I found a youtube instructional video and got started. I had a nearly impossible time removing the bolt. I ended up cutting my thumb pretty good. Finally it cam...