Sounds like the magazine cut off is broken or worn out. I'd take it to a gun smith and let em' look it over.

 

kgimbal1,

First of all, Welcome to GT!!!!

While I have no experience with the 1892, I echo what Frank said, and also I'd like to suggest giving the guys at marlinowners dot com a 'look' at your Marlin.

There's a lot of knowledgeable guys over there, that might be able to lend a hand.

Let us know about your progress in getting this old rifle back in service!!!

 

Thanks, I was not aware of marlinowners.com... will check it out.... I have contacted a gunsmith and plan to take the gun over this weekend. Meantime, I'm curious about Franks reference to the magazine cut off. Would that be in the magazine tube? Looks to me, from the picture, that the long diagonal part, called the "carrier" (it receives the shell and sends it upward to where it is injected into the barrel) is situated as a blocker to any more than one shell coming out of the tube....anyway... thanks for your advice...i'll check out the marlin site.

 

You'd have to do a google and get an exploded parts diagram to find out just where it is. I just remember seeing that part in my Winchester '94 when I installed a large loop lever on it many, many years ago.

 

there is usually some small part that as mentioned above acts as a mag cutoff- a thin steel "finger" that interuppts magazine supply in between cycles of the lever- either it is broke or the internals are go gummed up from years of dried oil the springs which operate it are frozen.

 

I would give the gun a good lube, and cycle the action repeatedly before taking it to a smith. Congratulations on the 92. Those are very collectible. Is it the .22 or .32 ?

 

If you follow this thread there is some good info about a similar problem:
http://www.marlin-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5862

 

Thanks for the advice --- I'll let ya'll know what happens! It's a .22....

 

Numrich in W Hurley NY has a website and they carry all kinds of parts and have schematics as well. Here's a link to Marlin 1892 there:
http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Products.aspx?catid=3967

 

So you'll know in discussing it intelligibly with people, the chamber is the rear end of the barrel. All of the shells can't "flood" into it.
The chamber can only hold one round or empty brass at a time.
Denis

 

OK, thanks for that.... I thought I had my terminology wrong... I am brand new to this world... have done lots of research in the last few days...bottom line -- this rifle is going to the gunsmith tomorrow... I've taken it apart, cleaned it, reassembled it, lubed it up... still has the same problems. I think it might be the " carrier rocker spring" that's causing the problem... will keep you informed.

 

Well, the rifle is now at the gunsmith's. The Marlin 1892 had an 'early' and 'late' model. My research shows the 1892l was first produced in 1895, which is the year mine was made. That would make mine an 'early' model. Comparing my pin to the exploded diagrams I have checked - (thanks for the links) the broken firing pin looks to me to be a 'late' model pin. Maybe that's why it broke. I can imagine my great grandfather replacing the original firing pin years after he purchased the rifle and unknowingly getting the wrong one. I don't think this gun has been fired in probably 80 years... My dad, who is 85, cannot recall his dad ever firing it. It has just been sitting, 'broken,' for all these decades. The gunsmith figures about $50.00 will put it back in action.