Why not just remove the lever for transport?
I have never owned 1 and have no idea about anything to do with them buy my mate used to remove his marlin 30/30 lever every time we went away, from memory it was a fairly quick process.
The lever isn't readily removed (typically). You'd need to remove the sliding bolt (and usually the receiver 'cover' for 22's) to disengage it from the lever, then whatever lever pivot and bits to get the lever out. Oh, and if you have a hammer extension that has to come off before everything else.
From a transport perspective it's about as practical as removing the trigger group on a bolt gun.
The Raven wrote:The lever isn't readily removed (typically). You'd need to remove the sliding bolt (and usually the receiver 'cover' for 22's) to disengage it from the lever, then whatever lever pivot and bits to get the lever out. Oh, and if you have a hammer extension that has to come off before everything else.
From a transport perspective it's about as practical as removing the trigger group on a bolt gun.
The Raven wrote:The lever isn't readily removed (typically). You'd need to remove the sliding bolt (and usually the receiver 'cover' for 22's) to disengage it from the lever, then whatever lever pivot and bits to get the lever out. Oh, and if you have a hammer extension that has to come off before everything else.
From a transport perspective it's about as practical as removing the trigger group on a bolt gun.
Fair enough, didn't take him long to do all that crap then.
The Raven wrote:The lever isn't readily removed (typically). You'd need to remove the sliding bolt (and usually the receiver 'cover' for 22's) to disengage it from the lever, then whatever lever pivot and bits to get the lever out. Oh, and if you have a hammer extension that has to come off before everything else.
From a transport perspective it's about as practical as removing the trigger group on a bolt gun.
Fair enough, didn't take him long to do all that crap then.
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There's probably some lever rifles where it can be done quickly.
I also suspect it *might* be possible to manually position the bolt without a lever in it and still fire the rifle. That would probably be a very silly/dangerous thing to try!
I will let you know what the bloke at the gunshop says when we pick it up monday, and what device (if any) he reccomends.
I do like the look of the American ones i put up before, but don't like that the "key" is a simple double spiked piece of metal, easy enough to duplicate.
Dunderi wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 7:40 am
I will let you know what the bloke at the gunshop says when we pick it up monday, and what device (if any) he reccomends.
I do like the look of the American ones i put up before, but don't like that the "key" is a simple double spiked piece of metal, easy enough to duplicate.
Looking at how tight they fit the pictured rifle I'd suspect they are rifle model specific. Go the cheap cable type. No-one judges a rifle lock
The Raven wrote:
Looking at how tight they fit the pictured rifle I'd suspect they are rifle model specific. Go the cheap cable type. No-one judges a rifle lock
Yes provided it's tight enough to inhibit the action, for sure.
I do like the idea of something that fits "just so" as where there is movement there may be damage from rubbing etc.
And once I get her beautiful, I intend to keep her that way.
The Raven wrote:The lever isn't readily removed (typically). You'd need to remove the sliding bolt (and usually the receiver 'cover' for 22's) to disengage it from the lever, then whatever lever pivot and bits to get the lever out. Oh, and if you have a hammer extension that has to come off before everything else.
From a transport perspective it's about as practical as removing the trigger group on a bolt gun.
Fair enough, didn't take him long to do all that crap then.
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There's probably some lever rifles where it can be done quickly.
I also suspect it *might* be possible to manually position the bolt without a lever in it and still fire the rifle. That would probably be a very silly/dangerous thing to try!
I remove the trigger group from my Martini for transport - a single pin and out she comes. Maybe it was a martini rather than a classic lever?
DSD wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 7:52 pm
Why not just remove the lever for transport?
I have never owned 1 and have no idea about anything to do with them buy my mate used to remove his marlin 30/30 lever every time we went away, from memory it was a fairly quick process.
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Dave you certainly would not remove the lever from a BLR rack end pinion needs to be timed.
Gary