Marlin 1895 Forearm

07-16-2008, 05:05 PM

I have a 1895 guide gun 45-70. It has always sprayed bullets when try to get some serious horsepower out of them. I am trying to get the forearm off. I have a feeling thats my problem. I take out the 2 small screws holding the forearm cap on. But this thing barely moves. Is it pressure fitted to the action?

anyone take one off. Its so tight, I have a feeling its putting alot of pressure on teh barrel/tube.

oldelkhunter · 07-16-2008, 06:04 PM

Should be snug but not overly snug

Pawildman · 07-16-2008, 07:18 PM

bc... My 1895 shot sooooo good with factory ammo. I'm gonna start to get some power behind it with handloads. If it develops the same thing as yours, I'm definitely going to look for the problem, if I have one.
Seems to me that we talked about factory ammo in these some time ago. Did you not say that it didn't shoot the factory stuff well either? There may well be aproblem with the forearm/tube. But sorry, I can't answer your question as to how to get the forearm off. Just haven;t had reason to do that YET......

07-16-2008, 09:42 PM

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ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter

Should be snug but not overly snug

Well, its overly snug. I would hate to pull on it any harder in fear of it breaking the forearm.

Its not permantly attached the mag tube is it? I should be able to pull it right off I figured.

HEAD0001 · 07-16-2008, 10:21 PM

BC go over to Paco Kelly's "Leverguns" forum. Those guys are Marlin experts over there. Good luck, Tom.

statjunk · 07-17-2008, 05:48 AM

BC,

Try this place, http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/i...oard,56.0.html

TT

07-17-2008, 10:08 AM

thanks Tom. They had a section about dissasembly. It appears the mag tube is connected to the tube and has to be taken off as a unit. I am going to take off and sand the forearm just a tad, and see if it helps. Right now the gap between the wood and barrel is so tight, you couldn't get anything between them.

oldelkhunter · 07-17-2008, 11:39 AM

BC just undo the 2 screws holding the foreend tip ..slide the bracket up and pull from the forward tip of the forend down. It will not break ...if it does call Marlin errrrrrrrrr Remington and demand a new stock but I doubt it will be that tight. I had a 39a I just took the stock off and it was tight as all get out.

07-17-2008, 12:07 PM

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ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter

BC just undo the 2 screws holding the foreend tip ..slide the bracket up and pull from the forward tip of the forend down.

I did that with a rubber mallet before. It will not budge. I get about 1mm of space between it and the barrel. Its like its swelled up on the mag tube or something.

oldelkhunter · 07-17-2008, 12:58 PM

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I did that with a rubber mallet before. It will not budge. I get about 1mm of space between it and the barrel. Its like its swelled up on the mag tube or something.

WOW that is tight...that would cause some accuracy issues. W/O looking at it . CalL Marlin customer service they are very heplful.