Help on 32 1892 tube, follower, and ejector
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:27 am
I am new to this 1903 Marlin 1892 32 cal Lever gun. I bought 250 rounds of good 32 Long Colt - (will save brass). 2 things happen on the gun.
1) The spent round will not eject, although when the hammer falls the tiny extractor will sometimes pull out the spent cartridge and sometimes not. It does make a tiny scratch on the top of the bullet heal. The extractor looks good and seems in great shape - a 32 healed case fits on the carrier face under the extractor spring perfectly - the extractor is good fitting and is tight in the carrier. BUT - the little ejector spring seems too short to me. Also too thick. When I put it in the groove behind the carrier it pushes the carrier out a little - THAT causes the extractor to not grip the case heal on a spent round. I even filed it down a tad to sit better in the groove. That spring looks too shot too me - it seems to still stay a little behing the carrier when the lever is fully down.
2) The follower on this gun looks hand made and is not the right length - as a result the next round will not lift - half of it is still in the tube.
The outer and Inner tube look original. The holes on the outer tube are a little chewed up but should work. There is an untouched hole on one side of the outer tube and two holes where the outer tube and inner tube seem to connect via the follower pin.
I bought a new correct follower from Nurich for 32 cal, new ejector for 32 cal, and a new magazine spring. Hoping that will fix it. Gun is near mint.
My "dumb question" - When this gun is loaded with 32 long colt - how many rounds will it hold and does the outer tube just stick out in front of the barrel a good 1 foot or more??? Very strange the way the magazine tube seemes to work on these if that is the case. I was able to Youtube and get it completely disassembled and reassembled. Anyone know of any videos of someone loading and shooting one?
I would think the follower would not be attached to anything but the spring. There is a pin on it and the disassembly/reassembly plus youtube seems to confirm that pin goes into the outer tube. Here is a link to the Numrich post that has photos and link to YouTube 1892 disassembly.
Posting photos here is tough.
Love this little gun and sure could use a bit of advise!!!!
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/forum/rifl ... ion-253396
1) The spent round will not eject, although when the hammer falls the tiny extractor will sometimes pull out the spent cartridge and sometimes not. It does make a tiny scratch on the top of the bullet heal. The extractor looks good and seems in great shape - a 32 healed case fits on the carrier face under the extractor spring perfectly - the extractor is good fitting and is tight in the carrier. BUT - the little ejector spring seems too short to me. Also too thick. When I put it in the groove behind the carrier it pushes the carrier out a little - THAT causes the extractor to not grip the case heal on a spent round. I even filed it down a tad to sit better in the groove. That spring looks too shot too me - it seems to still stay a little behing the carrier when the lever is fully down.
2) The follower on this gun looks hand made and is not the right length - as a result the next round will not lift - half of it is still in the tube.
The outer and Inner tube look original. The holes on the outer tube are a little chewed up but should work. There is an untouched hole on one side of the outer tube and two holes where the outer tube and inner tube seem to connect via the follower pin.
I bought a new correct follower from Nurich for 32 cal, new ejector for 32 cal, and a new magazine spring. Hoping that will fix it. Gun is near mint.
My "dumb question" - When this gun is loaded with 32 long colt - how many rounds will it hold and does the outer tube just stick out in front of the barrel a good 1 foot or more??? Very strange the way the magazine tube seemes to work on these if that is the case. I was able to Youtube and get it completely disassembled and reassembled. Anyone know of any videos of someone loading and shooting one?
I would think the follower would not be attached to anything but the spring. There is a pin on it and the disassembly/reassembly plus youtube seems to confirm that pin goes into the outer tube. Here is a link to the Numrich post that has photos and link to YouTube 1892 disassembly.
Posting photos here is tough.
Love this little gun and sure could use a bit of advise!!!!
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/forum/rifl ... ion-253396