New Winchester 1892 Trapper .357 feeding issue

[ninjajimmy]

Just scored this. It must have just arrived at the local shop at sompoint over the past few days as it wasn't there when I went up during the week. I found that odd, since they don't make them anymore. It is an 1892 Trapper. 16" barrel, 10 round capacity. Feels really good. Haven't shot it yet, but from the .357s I cycled through it, it likes to be worked quickly and like you mean it. The only issue i've had with the .357s is every now and then it won't strip the next round from the tube. I find if i'm "hard" when cycling the lever this doesn't happen. It feels very cool shouldering it with such a short barrel. Barrel says .357 Mag only, but from what I could find, people shoot .38s out of theirs just fine.

I tried cycling .38 FMJs and almost every mag I get issues. Some of the issues were: one and a half rounds feeding onto the carrier which forces me to push the 2nd round back into the tube, the next round not stripping from the tube, or a round going under the carrier which makes me have to push the back in through the loading port. I don't have these issues with .357s, except for sometimes the next round not being stripped from the tube.

Does this have something to do with the length of the .38 cartridge? The barrel does say .357 ONLY. I haven't had a chance to shoot this yet, but if it doesn't load the next cartridge that is an issue.

Any ideas as to why it sometimes fails to cycle even .357 rounds?

The nice thing is that the trapper is 5 lbs 14oz while the Henry is 8 lbs 11oz.

Top to Bottom: Henry .357, Win 1892 Trapper, Henry H001 .22





The wood looks great too!

[AJMD429]

Classic gun in a nice chambering; I don't have one but I have a Rossi clone or two; mine feed ok though so I haven't had to do any troubleshooting.

Someone will log in shortly who is familiar with their care and feeding and can give you useful advice.

[Pete44ru]

I don't have any experience with those newer Japanese-made Miroku/Winchester .357's, but my WAG is that since the bbl's stamped ".357 Mag only", there's a reason - like maybe the magazine release and/or cartridge stops are different from my Rossi M92, which easily feeds both lengths interchangeably.



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[ninjajimmy]

I've done some more reading and it seems it is hit or miss if they feed .38 specials. I can't fault the gun for that as it does say .357 only. I'll wait and hit the range with the .357 ammo and see how it does putting lead downrange.