I bought an 1894 Marlin 44 mag from a local pawn shop recently. After a little clean up, I took it to the range just to check function. It was very hard to load and I was rather confused as to why. After three rounds I decided to see if I could figure out WTH was going on. Seems every screw on the little rifle was loose. After a good tightening of the screws its functioning fine. Being this virus crap is going around and nothing better to do, I pulled the rifle apart, steamed all the dents and scratch's out and gave it a few coats of Tru-oil. Now I have a near pristine JM 1894 44 mag. and didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for it.
