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I have an old 22 rifle of my fathers, the Marlin 80-DL that is a magazine felt bolt action 22. From what I can tell, these rifles were made between 1940-60.
We are having problems with the bolt. (Please pardon any ignorance on the functioning of normal bolt action rifles -- this is the first bolt I used).
When lifting the bolt lever from its rested position it "cocks" the hammer of sorts at the rear of the weapon. Pull the bolt back, it clears spent cartridge. Push bolt forward, new round in chamber.
Oftentimes when pulling the bolt backward, the rear of the bolt (hammer?) will wall forward off its ledge on the bolt and slide down the ramp into the "fired" position. when this happens, the bolt will not proceed back into battery but stay pretty much locked back in the rearmost position the bolt can be. I have to then clear the bolt from the rifle, and manipulate the bolt's "hammer" back onto its ledge. I can do it without tools now, just by pulling it with my hands.
This has gotten to the point when firing that after firing the round, you have to nurse the bolt back slowly and actually knock the spend casing from the front of the bolt (the bolt still holds onto the casing, it just is not enough force to clear it from the weapon). When cycling the weapon in a faster motion, the spent casings clear fine, but the "hammer" problem with the bolt occurs often.
From the looks of it, I don't think the spring inside the bolt has been replaced ever. There is no abnormal wear that I can see on either the bolt, "hammer", or the ramp that the "hammer" rides down to fire the weapon. Does anyone have any ideas as to how we can get our Marlin running smoothly again? Again I do apologize for my lack of lingo in this thread, pardon my newbish ways! I have also enclosed a picture of the bolt to describe the function.
Thank you very much for your time!
We are having problems with the bolt. (Please pardon any ignorance on the functioning of normal bolt action rifles -- this is the first bolt I used).
When lifting the bolt lever from its rested position it "cocks" the hammer of sorts at the rear of the weapon. Pull the bolt back, it clears spent cartridge. Push bolt forward, new round in chamber.
Oftentimes when pulling the bolt backward, the rear of the bolt (hammer?) will wall forward off its ledge on the bolt and slide down the ramp into the "fired" position. when this happens, the bolt will not proceed back into battery but stay pretty much locked back in the rearmost position the bolt can be. I have to then clear the bolt from the rifle, and manipulate the bolt's "hammer" back onto its ledge. I can do it without tools now, just by pulling it with my hands.
This has gotten to the point when firing that after firing the round, you have to nurse the bolt back slowly and actually knock the spend casing from the front of the bolt (the bolt still holds onto the casing, it just is not enough force to clear it from the weapon). When cycling the weapon in a faster motion, the spent casings clear fine, but the "hammer" problem with the bolt occurs often.
From the looks of it, I don't think the spring inside the bolt has been replaced ever. There is no abnormal wear that I can see on either the bolt, "hammer", or the ramp that the "hammer" rides down to fire the weapon. Does anyone have any ideas as to how we can get our Marlin running smoothly again? Again I do apologize for my lack of lingo in this thread, pardon my newbish ways! I have also enclosed a picture of the bolt to describe the function.
Thank you very much for your time!
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