Took a 500rd brick of .22lr out to shoot with the kids this weekend. Their preferred weapons of choice are an old 1979 Glenfield 75 and a 1985 Marlin 60. Well, the old Glenfield hasn't been cleaned in quite awhile (at least 600 rounds of mostly Thunderbolts) and with-in 100 rds it was gummed up to the point of getting ejection and feed issues constantly. So switch to the Marlin. It worked great for about 150 rounds then jammed completely up. We finished out the box with a 4-5 year old 10/22.
I decided this would be a good time to teach the young 'uns how to disassemble and clean these rifles. On doing so, the Glenfield was so dirty the power residue was falling out in flakes. We found that the recoil buffer is also cracked and needs replaced.
Opening up the Marlin revealed an even more frightening sight. The recoil buffer was completely shattered and in pieces. It was one of these pieces falling into the action and getting stuck that caused the rifle to stop functioning.
So now I need to call Marlin and find out how much it's going to cost for 2 new buffers....
I decided this would be a good time to teach the young 'uns how to disassemble and clean these rifles. On doing so, the Glenfield was so dirty the power residue was falling out in flakes. We found that the recoil buffer is also cracked and needs replaced.
Opening up the Marlin revealed an even more frightening sight. The recoil buffer was completely shattered and in pieces. It was one of these pieces falling into the action and getting stuck that caused the rifle to stop functioning.
So now I need to call Marlin and find out how much it's going to cost for 2 new buffers....