Well, ran some Remington 405 soft points through the rifle this morning, they also hang up in the action. I can emory cloth the rims slightly and they work fine. I may get a flex dremel tool and polish the rear of the carrier, as it appears that this is the tight/rough problem area.

OK, been playing with it a little, bolt bottom is lightly lubed. Bolt/lever work smoothly with NO cartridges in rifle. It has no receiver sight. Black Hills 405 grain brass cartridges are rough on the rims when ejected, like they are nicked up. Looking down in the the action with bolt full open, you...

Both screws are tight, smaller screw is slightly countersunk in the lug.

I load the mag tube, drop the lever all the way down firmly. The shell comes out onto the lifter, when I start to close the lever, it is as if the action is jammed, I drop the lever slightly down again, and the shell goes into the chamber. I oiled the inside action lightly with breakfree on a q-tip.

Hey Guys, recently found a Browning 86 rifle that was unfired, I cleaned the bore and used a q-tip to remove the old grease from inside the action. My problem is that it is hard to get a shell into the chamber. I have to work the lever back twice to get the round to go in the chamber. I have used th...

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I can't decide whether to keep it and shoot it, or sell it and get another shooter.

Thanks for your reply, I forgot to add that it is hand engraved, and is signed by the engraver. The buttplate is engraved, lever, hammer, front of barrel around the sight.

I saw one close to that last weekend in 28 gauge, nice looking shotgun.

Hey Guys, new to this forum, so please bear with me. About a month ago, I stumbled on a old friend who had a rifle for sale. It was his deceased brothers gun. It is a Uberti/Navy arms imported 1873, sporting rifle, highly engraved, 44/40 and marked 1 of 1000 on top of the barrel. I have found out th...