Second. To disconnect the magazine, press in the catch at the front end of the magazine tube with the left-hand thumb, at the same time revolve the 1' magazine and then draw the magazine tube straight forward until the ; tube and follower are clear of the frame, and catch snaps into hole.
Third. To disconnect the barrel, unscrew by turning, from left to right. The thread on the barrel is left-handed. 1 To pot togeth,,,, screw in the barrel. Press in catch and draw back toward the frame the magazine tube until catch snaps into hole: be sure action is locked by pre.s.sing upward on front end of locking bolt with fingers inserted through opening on bottom of frame; draw back forearm slowly until action bar stop is opposite notch in barrel; rotate action bar stop from notch in action bar to notch in barrel and the action bar connection is complete. The lock mit on the breech end of the barrel is provided to take up any wear, and by means of this adjustment the barrel can always be made tight and the take down mechanism never need be the least bit. shaky. This cheek nut is ically a movable shoulder on the barrel against, which the frame abuts. It is cut through on one side and provided with a clamp screw which tight ems it onto the barrel, preventing its turning. If the ba-rrel is ever loose or the union the least, bit shaky, unscrew- this clamp screw two or three turns or un til the check nut is free to turn on the barrel. Then turn the check nut to the right a trifle or until the action is perfectly rigid, when the clamp screw should be tightened to hold the check nut firmly from turning on the barrel when the gun is taken apart. Notice that in this take down the rear end of
the magazine tube, which is only a thin shell, is not cut into or cut away or weakened in any manner. The magazine tube in a Marlin take down is just as strong as in :t solid gun. Notice also that, the thread on the rear end of the • barrel which holds the barrel portion to the action i.s not cut into or cut away, kit this most important thread is left complete and perfect, so that there is just as much metal in the union and exactly the same distribution of . this metal in a Marlin take down as in a solid g.un. A large square thread is used not liable o become jammed or crossed, and adjustment for wear and to take lip all shake is a simple check nut, an elementary mechanical device that does the work perfectly and cannot get out of order.
Alany people will appreciate a gun that can be taken apart by a man who is not an expert. Taking out ono servir allows the entire breech mechanism 7 I ( 11?' removed from the frame in this gun.
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th(' action open tRke out the carrier screw; then, holding the gun in the ordinary posit ion, move the forearm forward slowly about an Melt and the earrier will drop out throng]] the opening in the bottom of the frame. Tip.: breech bolt containing the locking bolt can then he drawn out to the rear. •