i took it out to shoot some today and had quite a few incidents in which I need two hammer strikes to fire the round. The reloads were several years old but fired well in my Marlin Guide Gun. I will try some recent loads soon to see if it was the ammo. Those that did fire seemed to have a rather shallow firing pin indentation on the WLR primer. Is there some mechanism for increasing the force of the hammer strike?
Other than that, it shot very well.
EDIT: I looked more closely, did a little tinkering, and found that the hammer frequently falls down only to the half cock position and never hits the firing pin. Recocking will frequently allow the hammer to fall fully. I had noticed that I could not lower the hammer all the way to the firing pin by pulling the trigger and lowering the hammer slowly with my thumb.
Any suggestions are welcome. I suppose it is gunsmith time.
Last edited by Notropis; 03/30/13.
