I've been scratching my head on this one for quite some time. Back in 2017, my darling wife surprised me with an antique Winchester 1892 which was manufactured in 1897 in 32WCF.
I brought it to the range once, and had fouling issues with holy black that with the help of this forum I was able to figure out... more lube... who would figure?
One issue that I thought that I had figured out was a magazine tube feeding issue. I ordered some parts, and then real life got in the way. Since its the holidays, and I finally have time to devote to this project again... I broke out the parts this evening made my swaps and low and behold I have the same damn problem. I replaced the tired old spring with a wolf mag tube spring.
The issue that I'm still having is that when I cycle the lever down the cartridge is ejected from the mag tube onto the follower. (Good to go, right?) When I complete the full downward stroke of the loading lever the follower springs up and the cartridge in nearly ejected from the action. Gingerly cycling the action normally results with a jam because the cartridge was thrown up higher than the chamber mouth... With a good cycle of the lever, I've actually had rounds that flipped in the loading stroke and wound up backwards in the action, or ejected completely from the gun.
So it doesn't appear to be a mag tube spring issue. Luckily it was only 6 bucks. My only other thought is that there is an issue with the cartridge guides? Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance.