Naphtali
10-26-2019, 07:17 PM
I have another Winchester Model 97 pump shotgun. I replaced its magazine spring and follower with a six-round conversion package made in U.S.A. by Wild Bodie Tom in Mesa, Arizona, apparently popular in the cowboy shooting sport. I have two related questions.
1. Kept fully loaded, how long will a replacement magazine spring for original five-shot magazines reliably feed all five shotshells - that is, how many years is the spring reliable when fully compressed?
2. Kept fully loaded, how long should I expect a Wild Bodie Tom six-round conversion package reliably feed all six shotshells - that is, how many years is the spring reliable when fully compressed?
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I am aware of semiautomatic pistol magazines being left fully loaded for a decade and feeding reliably when used. I have been told of original Winchester Model 92 lever action carbine tubular magazines being left fully loaded for several years and feeding reliably when used. This information is indicative, but is not completely responsive.
I would much rather trust replies here than from web sites of which I have no experience. . . . Here, reliable; elsewhere, ???
1. Kept fully loaded, how long will a replacement magazine spring for original five-shot magazines reliably feed all five shotshells - that is, how many years is the spring reliable when fully compressed?
2. Kept fully loaded, how long should I expect a Wild Bodie Tom six-round conversion package reliably feed all six shotshells - that is, how many years is the spring reliable when fully compressed?
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I am aware of semiautomatic pistol magazines being left fully loaded for a decade and feeding reliably when used. I have been told of original Winchester Model 92 lever action carbine tubular magazines being left fully loaded for several years and feeding reliably when used. This information is indicative, but is not completely responsive.
I would much rather trust replies here than from web sites of which I have no experience. . . . Here, reliable; elsewhere, ???