Marlin Rear Band Issues

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Marlin Rear Band Bug

Yesterday I tried to bandy the rear band (forend ring) on my pre-safety Marlin 336 with the mod ring with the sling stud attached. Information technology didn't become too well. After sanding down the wood to allow the new band to fit, I couldn't get screw to line up correctly. Finally I decided to effort another time when I had more patience for the project and tried to re-assemble it with the old ring. That also ended upwards being a real pain. I finally got it all back together, merely i don't recall it's exactly correct. I expected this to only take a few minutes, not several hours. Everyone else had issues with the rear band on a Marlin? Whatever tricks to getting together correctly?

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Re: Marlin Rear Band Issues

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Yes, sometimes you lot need only unscrew the ring screw and you've committed to a couple of hours of cussing and sweating to get the spiral to go in correctly.

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Hobie wrote:Yeah, sometimes you need only unscrew the band screw and you've committed to a couple of hours of cussing and sweating to become the screw to go in correctly.

THAT is a conservative approximate.

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In that location MUST be a better manner to exercise information technology that the 'normal' one - even IF you go everything dorsum in identify with the new or old parts, the next time you disassemble it, you'll have problem once more, nigh likely.

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This is one of the things that seem to be more of an issue with Marlins. I've cussed and cursed them a number of times. Information technology seems that the factory used some sort of jig that pressed the parts into alignment to install many of them, and the only way to go them back togther was with some sort of like setup, or work woods and metallic downwardly to get the parts to align.

Have had a few issues with Winchesters, but not almost equally much it seems.

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My 'Winchesters' are all made by Rossi, but they certainly accept 'problems' with forend bands too; I dread to remove them.

Funny you lot can swap other parts in the Marlins with no problems - levers, hammers, triggers, etc., all with much more disquisitional alignment, simply it sure seems no two forend hangers are in the same position!

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Thanks guys. Now I don't feel quite and so incompetent. I did a little research on Marlin Owners and see all sorts of recommendations for filing the barrel notch, the forend holes, and the band itself.
A few years ago I swapped out the bands two 94 Winchesters. It was elementary and easy, non this mess!

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Bruce,

I've had few Marlins, and many Winchesters. Trust me when I say Winchesters accept the aforementioned issues with barrel bands. Only they are not consistent. Also yous have to speak different languages when you cuss at a Win than you do at a Marlin. Being able to cuss in unlike languages is a plus.

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1 trick I've used is to barely insert 1 screw, just get information technology started, and and so, while there is even so enough of play in the hanger, become the other screw started. In one case both are in, it'southward easy going. Once y'all've started a screw in one side more halfway, the slop necessary to get the other side started is gone and you'll spend all night at the demote.

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J Miller wrote:Bruce,

I've had few Marlins, and many Winchesters. Trust me when I say Winchesters have the same issues with butt bands. Only they are not consistent. Also you have to speak dissimilar languages when y'all cuss at a Win than you practise at a Marlin. Being able to cuss in different languages is a plus.

All I can say is if I took it autonomously, I Volition get it back together.

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Maybe that's how I keep my fourth dimension downwards to just a couple of hours, I've got four spoken languages to apply and even some sign language... :roll: :lol: Yep, Winchesters volition practice information technology, as well.

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