Marlin 990

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Plottman
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Re: Marlin 990

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VERY NICE Nath, I have been looking for a semi auto or pump. Yours looks to be in great shape.
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Re: Marlin 990

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ANOTHER UPDATE ON MY MARLIN 990

I had used the recoil spring from my Glenfield Model 60 for the big test, which worked just fine to prove that the recoil spring was the problem with my Marlin 990. So that afternoon I ordered a brand new recoil spring.

The new spring arrived in this morning's mail. It got installed into the 990 and I was off to the range.
PERFECTION !!
72 rounds of Federal ammo.
72 rounds of Remington Thunderbolt ammo.
0.0 problems !!
100% function !!

The Marlin is now ready for a few more decades of service with it's new recoil spring, hammer spring, and firing pin !!
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Nath
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Re: Marlin 990

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That's brilliant 8)
What kind of group do you get with the Remington ammo please?

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new pig hunter
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Re: Marlin 990

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Sorry for the late reply, I got bushwhacked by retirement.

Anyway, no "group size" report. I was just aiming in a general downrange direction and pulling the trigger for function testing. The range is indoor and there's no benchrest stuff for actual "group size" shooting. And max range is only 20 yards or so.

BUT, the good news: I just ordered a very expensive $20.78 rifle scope which I will install, and then head to the outdoor range (50% off senior discount on Tuesdays !!) for some sight-in and serious "group size" fun.
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Nath
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Re: Marlin 990

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I got some new ammo to try in mine this weekend.
CCI subsonic and Norma sub sonic.
The CCI is awesome ammo and I was bouncing rocks at 100 with regularity off hand at 100yds. Very consistent and therefore predictable.
The Norma was pants! Bearing an RWS head stamp I was shocked. Extreme velocity differences rendered it useless and that's besides the cyclic failures!
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