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There is a right angle step/face on the front end of the lever inside the action.
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#WINCHESTER MODEL 25 LOADING PROBLEMS FULL#
The closed gate should not be blocked by the cartridge ready to be fed into the chamber.Įven if the tube is full ,you should be able to push the gate inward and see the next to be chambered round in the tube. You should be able to load cartridges in through the gate and let the gate close each time,and not have to feed that cartridge into the chamber before loading another through the gate. Pity, because I bought a box of 500 SWCs and have already reloaded 100 or more. I might just have to “bite the bullet” and pay the price.
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Jacketed Sierra FPJs feed perfectly, but of course they cost much more. And it is no good if I want to hunt with the rifle. But that is not what a lever action rifle is about. At least I then get reasonable groupings. They may not be very accurate, but that is more likely to be as a result of my unsteady hands. It seems I have upset the balance when they jam.įeeding individual cartridges directly into the chamber is one solution and they then fire OK. Even if they do eventually feed into the chamber after several attempts, they are off target. Sometimes, if I ease off the lever and try again several times they feed into the chamber, but sometimes I have to turn the gun upside down, drop the lever and jiggle it about a bit until the cartridge falls out. These fed OK with a Marlin I used to have, but jam in the Winchester. But the shop sold me semi-wadcutter lead for the 44 Mag Winchester. No problems with any of the others, including two other Winchesters, a 30-30 Win and a 444 Marlin. Everything from 38Sp/357 Mag up to 444 Marlin. I started reloading for most of my guns a few years ago.