'92 Winchester 38-40 Sticky action/breechbolt-update

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Winchester92
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'92 Winchester 38-40 Sticky action/breechbolt-update

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A cowboy gunsmith took my gun apart sitting at the kitchen table, cleaned all the parts, cut down the VERY stiff ejector spring and milled down the breechbolt pin a bit. Put it back together and now it’s working beautifully.

This guy thinks the breechbolt pin had been taken out a one point and put back in backwards. Arthur Pirkle in his book vol 2 page 142, says improper size or reinstallation of a breechbolt pin can cause sticky action in a ’92.

Well, as you had thought, the ejector spring was stiff so he fixed that too.


Well, guys, its shooting like champ now. Thank!
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JerryB
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Post by JerryB »

Ain't it great to have friends like that, good luck and happy shooting. I sure love my old 92 32-20.
JerryB II Corinthians 3:17, Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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