Wow, I have never heard of this before, Does this happen to All Marlins 1894s?????
Remington bought Marlin, told all the workers there that they were going to produce X amount of rifles then they were going to be fired and the plant was to be moved.
So, the Marlin employees started putting out rifles that wouldn't work because well, they didn't care (can you blame them?).
All of Marlin's machines were older than hell, WAY out of spec, and no schematics were around so the old employees knew how to grind certain parts by hand, basically making all older Marlins hand fitted and fairly high quality.
Remington didn't know about the machines being so off, and after they moved them to the new plant, couldn't get them to work right at first.
With no schematics, no old workers willing to help little ol' Freedom Group, and with machines that just wouldn't work; Remington had to redesign the 1894 to be made by CNC machines, and with Freedom Group not knowing its head from its as*, this process took a while.
On top of everything, Marlin (Rem Marlin) claims they're only doing to do pistol caliber lever actions in 1 or 2 runs a year.
Anything Freedom Group touches just shrivels up and dies. Remington quality, fit and finish going down, AAC, Marlin, I'm sure Barnes and Tapco will suffer
I had my pre-Rem Marlin 336w lockup hard after cleaning. I found out the locking block was engaged, and just had to turn the gun upside down for gravity to drop the block. Easy fix really. I don't know if this is the same thing, but what else would lock besides the locking block?
I don't see this as a design flaw necessarily, since the locking block is CRITICAL to prevent the bolt from shooting straight back into your eye when shooting an 1894. I'd prefer it lock too much than not enough ;-).
I had my pre-Rem Marlin 336w lockup hard after cleaning. I found out the locking block was engaged, and just had to turn the gun upside down for gravity to drop the block. Easy fix really. I don't know if this is the same thing, but what else would lock besides the locking block?
I don't see this as a design flaw necessarily, since the locking block is CRITICAL to prevent the bolt from shooting straight back into your eye when shooting an 1894. I'd prefer it lock too much than not enough ;-).
Do your research. It is a well-known design flaw.
From 2004. THE OTHER MARLIN JAMS
From 2011. New Marlin 1894c, Big problem.
Here is a list of Marlin jam threads dating back to 2009. Jams Of All Kinds
There are many other threads. Some have developed ways to correct it.