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Before I forget, the .22 casing had been fired before I used it for the repair.
So I had my marlin 70ss break on me recently (my fault not hers). In my rush to put it together after having to troubleshoot some issues, I accidentally broke the plunger at the end of the tube magazine. Snapped it clean right where it goes from .22 diameter down to the .17 or so that travels up to the spring (my fist issue with the gun in the 20 years I've owned it).
I tried super gluing it back together but that only lasted a handful of tubes worth of shots.
Figuring I was stuck with having to buy a used one on eBay to match the color I decided to try half filling a .22lr case with epoxy and took the plunger and rammed it into the case.
After a few hours to cure, I cycled some dummy ammo thru it and it seems to work flawlessly.
I'll be out at the clean n shoot on larch Sat, so I'll see how well it holds up to live fire.
I'll let you know...
So I had my marlin 70ss break on me recently (my fault not hers). In my rush to put it together after having to troubleshoot some issues, I accidentally broke the plunger at the end of the tube magazine. Snapped it clean right where it goes from .22 diameter down to the .17 or so that travels up to the spring (my fist issue with the gun in the 20 years I've owned it).
I tried super gluing it back together but that only lasted a handful of tubes worth of shots.
Figuring I was stuck with having to buy a used one on eBay to match the color I decided to try half filling a .22lr case with epoxy and took the plunger and rammed it into the case.
After a few hours to cure, I cycled some dummy ammo thru it and it seems to work flawlessly.
I'll be out at the clean n shoot on larch Sat, so I'll see how well it holds up to live fire.
I'll let you know...
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