The Marlin 410 has arrived

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David LaPell
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The Marlin 410 has arrived

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My Marlin 410 came in today. The action is slick as snot on a brass doorknob. I can't believe how light the gun is, compared to the newer Marlin 410's that were made on the 1895 and it's got to be a couple pounds lighter than the Henry .410 lever action.
This one had some ivory inlays put in, and since it appears it wasn't an original deluxe version, someone had some very nice checkering added.
The real puzzle remains the button on the bottom of the frame that was added. It screws into the frame, the hole is threaded, but it doesn't appear it does anything. I don't know if there was another part or if it didn't work out as planned. It doesn't seem to affect anything when screwed in all the way. I am curious to know why it was done, but there's probably no way we'll ever know.
I picked up a couple of boxes of Remington 2 1/2" #6 shot to pattern next week, and then I plan on taking it to hunt squirrels as God intended.

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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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I hope you enjoy hunting with it.
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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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So the button is fixed and doesn't push in as a cartridge stop? Hmm this is a real head scratcher.
Any idea what choke it has ?
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I wonder what would happen if there was simply a spring in there to keep up with pressure on that carrier. I think all it would do is make none of the cartridges feed. Maybe a fixed-length cylindrical spacer of some sort if just the right length, would allow turning of the button to activate or deactivate the cartridge stop function of the carrier.
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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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I wonder if the screw in cup was intended to be for lubrication. Could it be loaded with an oil soaked bit of cotton (1/2 cigarette butt). It's the only thing I can think of.
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Have a similar one, shoots where it looks.
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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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GunnyMack wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 4:28 pm So the button is fixed and doesn't push in as a cartridge stop? Hmm this is a real head scratcher.
Any idea what choke it has ?
These guns came from the factory with a full choke, as far as I know that's what it still is.
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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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Very nice, ya done good! :mrgreen:
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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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I took the gun outside this morning and loaded three rounds in the magazine with this knob screwed in all the way. The gun feeds just fine, smooth as glass actually, and ejects just fine too. If this knob was part of a shell or cartridge stop, there must have been a second part to it like a spring or something that was inside it.
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Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

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I'm thinking it is/was a pintle mount so ya wouldn't have to hold the smoking hot forend during full auto bursts when bunny hunting! :lol:
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I would love to have it as my squirrel gun....... 8) :mrgreen:
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