I've been a member here for quite a while and have spent some time here, mostly reading. This may be my first post here.
A while back I ran across a Winchester 94 in .30-30 in what appeared to be decent shooter sort of shape for a reasonable price so it came home with me. It was the early stage of lever action sickness and seemed like a good place to start.
About a month or so later, I finally got around to shooting it or at least trying to shoot it.
I loaded three factory rounds and pushed the lever forward and a round was released from the magazine. The cartridge was lifted by the carrier and when I started the lever back, the nose of the bullet entered the chamber however the rim of the shell wouldn't release (the cartridge base didn't ride up on top of the carrier. The angle of the shell is too steep so it jams. "Vigorous" didn't help.
I studied and read and read. I didn't find good descriptions of similar problems. I sat and stared for several hours, looked at a similar rifle I have that functions perfectly.
I finally concluded that the carrier spring needed replacing and finally found one at Midwest Gun Works.
It arrived today and I installed it confident that it would resolve the problem.
It didn't.
The serial number of this rifle is 502326. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?
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Thanks