Alpo Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I downloaded the owner's manual. Took the gun (which I bought used some 20 years ago and have fired maybe a hundred rounds through it) into two pieces for the first time. I figured I would remove the bolt, clean it, lubricate it and replace it. According to the instructions and the picture in the owner's manual, you just lightly grasp it between your thumb and index finger and pull it straight out. No workie workie. Since it was 45 or so years old when I bought it, it's quite possible the bolt has never been removed, and has 45 years of gummed up powder holding it in place. In which case dropping a cleaning rod down the barrel and tapping it a little bit should solve the problem. But it is also quite possible that there is some little trick to removing it - a lever that needs pushed or a switch that needs pulled, or something similar - and tapping on the front of it with a cleaning rod would be a bad idea. Is there a trick to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 If you have the gun in two pieces, the bolt slides straight back. I’m predicting it is gummed in there. Give it a healthy shot of WD-40, wait five minutes, and tap with a rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 That's what I suspected, but wanted to verify before I did something stupid and broke it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Try pulling back on the trigger at the same time as you pull straight back on the bolt assembly. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 I don't see how that would help, as the trigger is on the short piece and the bolt is in the long piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Well, okay then. I didn’t know that. Try it anyway........whaddaya got to lose!! :-) I see now that it’s a lever gun. You’ll get it. It’ll be interesting to know. EDIT: ..... Do A YouTube search for something like “clean and maintain marlin 39“. You should find one or more videos that goes through the whole process. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 It slides straight back until it stops. Then pick it up out of the receiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Remember...ya have to hold your mouth jusssst right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 33 minutes ago, Cat Brules said: Try it anyway........whaddaya got to lose!! :-) I was thinking about opening the lever about half way before separating the pieces (because when the lever goes down the bolt goes back) but I was afraid that opening the lever might stick a piece up inside the bolt, and it would not come apart like it oughta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Do as Pat said and also stick your tongue out just a tad out of the corner of your mouth. Sounds like Lawman Mark may have something there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Found this Alpo, just a bit down the page it says to slide it to the rear and lift it out. Another post said you may need to push it towards the side of the receiver against the ejector pressure to move it back. Good Luck. https://www.marlinowners.com/forum/how-disassemble-clean/46635-golden-39a-disassembly-refurbishing-parts-1-2-merged.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Do not lose the extractor!!!!! the earlier ones are hard to find and expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 9/25/2019 at 5:27 PM, Eyesa Horg said: Found this Alpo, just a bit down the page it says to slide it to the rear and lift it out. Another post said you may need to push it towards the side of the receiver against the ejector pressure to move it back. Good Luck. https://www.marlinowners.com/forum/how-disassemble-clean/46635-golden-39a-disassembly-refurbishing-parts-1-2-merged.html Just now got back yo this, and that was exactly it. Pushing into the receiver, against what felt like a VERY strong spring, allowed it to move. Taking it out was then simple. Cleaned off years of gunk. Removed, cleaned and replaced the firing pin. Then the joy of putting it back into the receiver, against that humongous ejector pressure. Got it in (thank God for bamboo chopsticks), and am about to test fire it. I don't think I'll remove the bolt very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Two shots, both fed from the tube - fed, fired and ejected. Musta done something right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I forgot about the ejector spring. It definitely makes the in and out more tricky than it needs to be. But you’ll find that Marlin to be one of the sweetest shooting 22s ever built. I am in love with mine (1950s vintage) and shall never part with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: 1950s vintage Mine's a P - 1957. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Looks like mine's a '55.... it wears an ancient Weaver B4 scope and has no sights. I'd love to find original sights for it.... For those of y'all who might be interested, here's the production date chart: Marlin's year of manufacture for the 39A is determined from the following list of letter/numeral prefixs to the serial number:1939 - no letter prefix1940-1941 - B1945 - C1946 - c (lower case)1947 - D1948 - E1949 - F1950 - G1951 - H1952 - J1953 - K1954 - L1955 - M1956 - N1957 early - P1957l ate-1958 early - R1958 early - 1959 - S1960 early - T1960 (August) - 1961 - U1961 (August) - 1962 - V1963 - W1964 - Y & Z1965 - AA1966 - AB1967 - AC1968 - AD or 681969 - 691970 - 701971 - 711972 - 72Starting in 1973, the year of manufacture maybe determined by subtracting the first two digits of the serial number from 100:Example: SN 2512345 would have been made in 1975 [100 - 25 = 75] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Mine's a 1981. Next to last year before they started putting the cross bolt safety on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major E A Sterner #12916 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 If you look at the ejector assembly you will see a screw, the screw will hold the ejector arm down to allow the bolt to be replaced easily. You have to hold the ejector down and turn the screw until it locks the ejector in place. Once the gun is back together, you open the action and turn the screw the opposite way and the ejector will pop back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 Thanks, Major. That helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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