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specializedmaint
Purchased in 1958 need to Know what and where I can get a firing pin there are two one early one late
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  • specializedmaint
    I just bought a marlin 39a and was wondering how old it is. The serial # is J8485. Thank you to all that reply.
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  • RCrosby
    Rich,
    Welcome to the forum. Hope we can help. The 39 is an excellent rifle and not prone to problems. Assuming it's been stripped, cleaned squeeky clean and lightly oiled, I'd assume either a part incorrectly installed or possibly broken. A thought on the cleaning; make sure the magazine tube clean also and that the plunger moves freely within the tube. If fresh rounds aren't being adequately "pushed" into position, this might give you feeding problems. Can you be more specific about exactly how it jams? Does the problem occur on the downstroke of the lever as the old shell is ejected and a new round enters the action area, or on the closing motion as the round is raised and then guided into the chamber by the bolt???
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  • specializedmaint
    thank for responding it has problems ejecting spent case then you have to pop it out with a pick or pocket pry bar
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  • South40
    Extractor could be the problem. Part # 550-202-069 from http://www.brownells.com

    Brownells also has a nice schematic of your rifle:

    http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=0/sid=283/schematicsdetail/39A

    S40
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  • Grasshopper
    quote:Originally posted by South40
    Extractor could be the problem. Part # 550-202-069 from http://www.brownells.com

    Brownells also has a nice schematic of your rifle:

    http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=0/sid=283/schematicsdetail/39A

    S40



    About has to be,,,agree...Gunsmith should notice this.
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  • fordsix
    possible burr on chamber mouth from a dry fire
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  • RCrosby
    +1 fordsix,
    A good possibility to check out. If so, it should show as a bright scratch running from the firing pin indentation forward. Brownells also sells a neat little tool for ironing out those problems.
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  • He Dog
    If it has a golden trigger it is 1988 or newer.
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  • PA Shootist
    Respectfully, the golden trigger ("Golden 39A") goes way back before 1988. My own is an early '70's vintage, and I seem to remember back back into the '60's.
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  • wulfman
    If a lot shorts went though it, there will be a ring of crud and or corrosion 2/3 of the way down the chamber. I used a brass brush on a cleaning rod in a hand drill to clean out the chambers of my single-six after 1000's of cheap .22 shorts. FYI my Golden 39A is vintage 1959.
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  • Emmett Dunham
    If you look toward the front of the receiver there is a screw, this screw hold a piece of spring steel in place that put pressure on the round and stabilize it on the way into the chamber. If you look on the inside of the receiver in the same area as the screw the piece of sprig steel most likley it has broken off or has no tension.


    Emmett
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