Radius on Snail Cam.

Eskrimaworks · Post by **Eskrimaworks** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:31 am

Hi folks,
Hope you're having a good weekend. I have a question concerning the "pre-fix" for the Marlin action. In the online tutorial the author instructs to "Put a slight radius on the front edge of the snail cam on the lever. I use between a .025 and .035" R." How can I be sure to stay within these measurements? Is this the total length of the radius? I'm a little confused.

Dan

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:44 am

You can use the shank of a 1/16 inch drill as a guide.
1/16 = .0625 diameter = .03125 radius.

homefront · Post by **homefront** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:08 am

The way I look at it, it just has to be round instead of sharp, and the smaller the better; remove as little as possible. I used a diamond file and worked at it for about 5 minutes, rolling it over the sharp edge until it was gone. I also used a polishing stone and a buffing wheel on the lifter to lose the cut that was peened into it by the cam, but be very judicious with that. The lifter of my .41 was harder and took longer than the lifter on my .357, and I saw it right away. Again, remove only the little bit you need to, so the timing doesn't change.
Add a dose of RIG grease and you're set.

Eskrimaworks · Post by **Eskrimaworks** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:54 am

Thank you both for your input. I had a feeling joining the forum would be great for understanding my favorite rifle.

Dan
EW

homefront · Post by **homefront** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:58 am

You didn't mention which one you have!
Any loads you'd like to share? Do you cast?
C'mon, let it all out!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:12 am

Eskrimaworks wrote:Thank you both for your input. I had a feeling joining the forum would be great for understanding my favorite rifle.

Dan
EW

And if worst comes to worst, you can add a bit of hard metal (utility knife blede) to the carrier like I did. It seems towork and if the JB Weld doesn't hold, no harm no foul.

See my thread here: viewtopic.php?t=3639

Post by **Hobie** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:12 am

I never fix what works...

Glad you're here and hope you share more about your rifle.

Eskrimaworks · Post by **Eskrimaworks** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:40 am

homefront,
I have a long ago purchased "Wallyworld" 336. After a while I started getting intermittent jams; now it's pretty regular. I don't currently reload as I now live in an apartment, but with the current trend in ammo prices I'm seriously considering getting back into it.

Old Iron Sights,
Thanks for the input.

Dan
EW