Lever gun not latching after loading

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Lever gun not latching after loading

Post by that$pit » Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:48 pm

Picked up a 45/70 recently, haven't fired it. Lever is not "locking" in place after loading a round. I don't know enough about lever guns to know if this is a issue or not. My 30-30 latches as I believe it should. Both marlins

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Re: Lever gun not latching after loading

Post by Nathan1984 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:02 am

Might have a bent arm. I would take it down to a competent gunsmith.

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Re: Lever gun not latching after loading

Post by edzz » Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:20 pm

try a different brand of ammo.
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