JDinFbg
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I have a 94 Winchester 30-30 rifle (26" barrel) with full length tubular magazine that will hold 8 rounds. It seems to me that the magazine spring exerts a lot more force than it needs to, and it takes a lot of pressure to shove in the 8th round. I've scoured the web on the subject of the needed magazine spring length and have come up with differing information. One guy noted that every 94 Win he had ever taken apart had a magazine spring 150% the length of the magazine. Another guy confirmed that. In my view, that seems like an awful lot of excess spring. There were a couple of guys that said the free, uncompressed spring only needed to stick 6" past the end of the magazine to be the correct length for a rifle, and 4" past for a carbine.
So, has anyone ever shortened the magazine spring on their Model 94 Winchester? If so, how did you determine the length of the uncompressed spring, and what were the final results?
So, has anyone ever shortened the magazine spring on their Model 94 Winchester? If so, how did you determine the length of the uncompressed spring, and what were the final results?