Hey all, have a loading issue with my .444 Marlin. The first round goes in the magazine tube fine. Any following rounds may not. The following rounds sometimes only push the previous round a little ways down the tube and everything locks up. Pull the round out and the already loaded one doesn't come back to the loading gate. Cycling the action will bring the loaded round back to the gate. Opening the action is easy, closing it takes a bit of force. It does the same thing with subsequent rounds. It may take several tries but eventually you can load the magazine. Everything works fine then. No cycling or ejections issues. Just loading the magazine. I've not worked on many lever guns and would appreciate some insight. Thanks.
Last edited by magshooter1; 11/08/18.
