Backwards Trigger On A Old Marlin Pump?

drygulchstan

January 11, 2004 19:59

I got some guns in a estate one looks likes a Marlin pump action on the trigger it has one regular way then also one that is backwards. There is no markings on the gun any idea on what it is. It does have a rib barrel looks like the model 42a with a visible hammer

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  woodsrunner

  January 11, 2004 20:28

  If I recall correctly the 42a is a shotgun not a rifle. I believe the front trigger releases the action so it can be opened without firing the gun.
  
  Woods
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  nononsense

  January 12, 2004 04:04

  Well, that'll teach me to reply that late at night! This site has complete disassembly instructions with complete safety checks.
  
  http://www.marauder13.homestead.com/files/Marlin98s.htm
  
  What Model Do You Have?
  Generally this is an easy step as Marlin put the model types on the rear tang of the receiver. Some don't have this however. The original 1898 doesn't and neither does the "Trap Gun". From what I have been told by others, the contract guns built by Marlin for other companies to sell didn't either.
  
  The Trap Gun (synonymous with the Model 24) was built latter than the 1898 and can be differentiated from its parent model by the method of take down.1898's use the Push Button method and the 24's use a Pinch Block (a latch) at the muzzle end of the magazine tube.The Pinch Block was a design improvement that was used on the following Models, 19G, "the Trap Gun", 24, 30, 42 and 42A and the 49. It may have been used on others too, but I haven't seen all the models to be positive.

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