Marlin 925, anybody have one?
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is it a 17hmr
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i got a 917 and its sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
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I had a .17HM2, the trigger was, if anything, worse than the previous models on THAT PARTICULAR RIFLE. It didn't shoot for, either, so I sold it to a guy who'd never know the difference. He's as happy as can be with it.
Hope yours is better than mine was, it probably WILL be, as my luck with those just ain't what it oughta be.
Hope yours is better than mine was, it probably WILL be, as my luck with those just ain't what it oughta be.
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i like my 917 hmr dont mind the trigger neither does squirrels
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I have the 917 17hmr and it is a tack driver! Killed a yote with it two years ago callin. One shot at around 75yrds. He made the classic stop and look. Mistake, bang....flop!
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[rquote=1489434&tid=104009&author=curtism1234]
It doesn't make any difference anyway because you ought to buy a Rifle Basix trigger and make a sweet gun that much sweeter
opRifle Basix trigger :op:op:[/rquote]
Is this what you are talking about?
http://www.riflebasix.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=188
Please tell me more, does it really give you a 2.5lb trigger, shorten it up an such?
It doesn't make any difference anyway because you ought to buy a Rifle Basix trigger and make a sweet gun that much sweeter
opRifle Basix trigger :op:op:[/rquote]Is this what you are talking about?
http://www.riflebasix.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=188
Please tell me more, does it really give you a 2.5lb trigger, shorten it up an such?
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[rquote=1489711&tid=104009&author=curtism1234]It's worth every penny and there's no reason to take more than 2 hours to do it. Most of the work is getting the feel for the adjustments so you know where you stand for your final locktite adjustment.
:woot:[/rquote]
and if you're even just a step up from a caveman it will probably take you half as long as it took Curtis :stirpot:
:woot:[/rquote]
and if you're even just a step up from a caveman it will probably take you half as long as it took Curtis :stirpot:
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Is BKL still in business? I looked around for some a couple of years ago, and I'd heard they'd gone belly-up, but maybe that's old news and they're back in business.......
Marlin's rimfire receivers can be bent or sprung, and those mounts stiffen them up and lessen the chances of that happening. When I couldn't find any BKLs, I went into the stock and bedded my action, as it was in dire need of a stiffening-up job (17V). You could bind up the action just by tightening the stock screws too tight, it would bend the action (like bending a piece of copper pipe). A glass job and some other tinkering fixed all those minor ailments, and that 17V has shot some groups at 100 yards that rival a good centerfire varmint rifle.
Can't figure out a company that would send out a rifle that would be inoperable if you snugged up the action screws.... Mine would bind up if the screws weren't all but loosened up. That's no way to do things........
Marlin's rimfire receivers can be bent or sprung, and those mounts stiffen them up and lessen the chances of that happening. When I couldn't find any BKLs, I went into the stock and bedded my action, as it was in dire need of a stiffening-up job (17V). You could bind up the action just by tightening the stock screws too tight, it would bend the action (like bending a piece of copper pipe). A glass job and some other tinkering fixed all those minor ailments, and that 17V has shot some groups at 100 yards that rival a good centerfire varmint rifle.
Can't figure out a company that would send out a rifle that would be inoperable if you snugged up the action screws.... Mine would bind up if the screws weren't all but loosened up. That's no way to do things........
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[rquote=1490061&tid=104009&author=JimH]glen i had not heard about until now the issues with Marlin. has this always been an issue (weak receivers) or just in th elast couple years?[/rquote]
I bought mine in very, very early 2002, (its a 17V HMR), so I suspect it's endemic in the breed. No big deal, really, it was just a pain to get sorted out. I was going to completely bed the action, but Marlin said NOT TO DO THAT, so I tried their suggestion first, leaving the screws loose. That was IMHO, bull muffins, and I finally couldn't live with a 1/2 fast way of doing things, and built a bed for the center of the action, so it wouldn't bend and bind, as it was prone to do. Then I freefloated the barrel and got it running right. I DID pay a gunbutcher $45 to do a trigger job, and he didn't help it a bit, I've just learned to shoot it, poor trigger and all.
Curt, there's a screw that runs up, behind the magazine and into the action, snug it up, and the action will bind up. I had to build a bed for the tang to sit on top of, and build up a "pillar equivalent" for that second screw, so it couldn't bind the action.
Marlin claimed it was bedded like that blue stocked"target" rifle they sold for awhile, snug front screw, and the back of the action just wallows around. Forget THAT, that's reeks of chicken manure, either do it right, or leave it be. I think I did it right, I've shot groups right at a quarter inch with it, after I worked on it.:2thumbsup:
Marlins aren't made of bad steel, but it's not stout stuff, either, and that thin receiver CAN be bent, I suspect it's just steel, and not heat treated like a centerfire rifle would be. No big deal, since it's NOT a centerfire.
BTW, mine was made before they started D&Ting them, it has to be one of the first HMRs to leave their plant. It was in VERY early 2002 when I got it, and the HMR was announced late in '01. It was the first one I saw, so I snagged it up. Once I got it running right, it's become one of my favorite rifles, killing PDs out to 250 yards on really calm days.
I bought mine in very, very early 2002, (its a 17V HMR), so I suspect it's endemic in the breed. No big deal, really, it was just a pain to get sorted out. I was going to completely bed the action, but Marlin said NOT TO DO THAT, so I tried their suggestion first, leaving the screws loose. That was IMHO, bull muffins, and I finally couldn't live with a 1/2 fast way of doing things, and built a bed for the center of the action, so it wouldn't bend and bind, as it was prone to do. Then I freefloated the barrel and got it running right. I DID pay a gunbutcher $45 to do a trigger job, and he didn't help it a bit, I've just learned to shoot it, poor trigger and all.
Curt, there's a screw that runs up, behind the magazine and into the action, snug it up, and the action will bind up. I had to build a bed for the tang to sit on top of, and build up a "pillar equivalent" for that second screw, so it couldn't bind the action.
Marlin claimed it was bedded like that blue stocked"target" rifle they sold for awhile, snug front screw, and the back of the action just wallows around. Forget THAT, that's reeks of chicken manure, either do it right, or leave it be. I think I did it right, I've shot groups right at a quarter inch with it, after I worked on it.:2thumbsup:
Marlins aren't made of bad steel, but it's not stout stuff, either, and that thin receiver CAN be bent, I suspect it's just steel, and not heat treated like a centerfire rifle would be. No big deal, since it's NOT a centerfire.
BTW, mine was made before they started D&Ting them, it has to be one of the first HMRs to leave their plant. It was in VERY early 2002 when I got it, and the HMR was announced late in '01. It was the first one I saw, so I snagged it up. Once I got it running right, it's become one of my favorite rifles, killing PDs out to 250 yards on really calm days.
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