Win94AE; Remove lever from link?
G'day Gents.
Quick question; how do I get the lever and link from my 94AE apart?
I can get them both out of the gun, no problem. Can probably do it blindfolded at this point... These things are soooo easy to field strip/take apart. Especially after you've done it 10 times to clear trapped rounds, and study a malfunction. :roll:
It looks like they are held together by a pin that has had the end peened and machined smooth again... Or is it simply pressed in tightly in the link? No screw head, so its highly doubtful its threaded in.
I'd like to have some idea, before I go at removing it, and risk damaging the finger lever(since it looks like a new lever averages about $100!!)
Explanation;
while cycling the action, loaded of course, it will sometimes(randomly, but getting more frequent) let the next round from the mag tube into the receiver before fully closing; before the carrier has dropped. Thus trapping that round under the carrier and above the link, jamming the action.
I need a new link.
The little nub at the front of it that stops the cartridges from leaving the mag tube has had its tip broken off. No idea how, but it has... (no, not worn off, this is rough grainy metal, a break, not shiny smooth wear).
That tip being broke off means that it clears the butt of the cartridge before it should, before the bolt is far enough forward to drop the carrier.... Thus letting the round in under the carrier.
I saw the broken tip the last time I had the gun apart for another problem(loose ejector pin, loading gate, and cartridge guide rail from excessively Hot loads), but upon re-assembly it cycled fine, and I've shot the gun since with no issues... So I figured it still had enough metal on it to do its job. Apparently Not.
I'm going to take it out, and weld on that nub, to build it up again, re-grind it to match the profile of the one in my 30-30, and see how it works. Nothing to loose, since its already a broken/malfunctioning part.
But I'd like to have it off of the lever to make working on it easier. And, otherwise, I'd need to have it apart to replace it anyway.
G.
