andrew375
12-28-2014, 03:28 PM
Remember a while ago I posted about a friend was after a part for his Winchester 94? Well mine went tits up a couple of weeks ago; the cartridge lifter / carrier broke in half. Turns out to be sintered! :mad:
Anyway a quick visit to Homestead parts.com and a new part (machined from solid) arrived just six days later :thumb:
The new lifter needed a bit of filing to fit, mainly the side at the front to clear the cartridge guides. But all I did was take them down to the same dimensions as the original part.
Now the lifter functions ok; sometimes. When it doesn't behave itself it doesn't come up as far as it ought to and the bullet nose hits the bottom of the barrel. This not the lifter almost but not quite making it, it is no where near close enough! When it does feed the lifter is in exactly the right place and the cartridge goes straight in to the chamber.
So what can be stopping the lifter travelling far enough? This happens no matter how fast I cycle the action. I've also stripped the action down so it is just the lever assemble, bolt and lifter but it makes no difference. Also, when the lifter is in the correct position it wont drop back down until forced down by the bolt. I've compared the old with the new side by side and measured what I consider to be the critical dimensions and can see no difference. But like I said sometime it works perfectly!
Anyway a quick visit to Homestead parts.com and a new part (machined from solid) arrived just six days later :thumb:
The new lifter needed a bit of filing to fit, mainly the side at the front to clear the cartridge guides. But all I did was take them down to the same dimensions as the original part.
Now the lifter functions ok; sometimes. When it doesn't behave itself it doesn't come up as far as it ought to and the bullet nose hits the bottom of the barrel. This not the lifter almost but not quite making it, it is no where near close enough! When it does feed the lifter is in exactly the right place and the cartridge goes straight in to the chamber.
So what can be stopping the lifter travelling far enough? This happens no matter how fast I cycle the action. I've also stripped the action down so it is just the lever assemble, bolt and lifter but it makes no difference. Also, when the lifter is in the correct position it wont drop back down until forced down by the bolt. I've compared the old with the new side by side and measured what I consider to be the critical dimensions and can see no difference. But like I said sometime it works perfectly!