I got my grandfather's Winchester 24 down this weekend to give it a good cleaning. The guns 60+ years old and he's been dead since '56, so the gun doesn't get a lot of use.
After I oiled the receiver and barrels well and wiped them down, prior to re-assembling the gun, I snapped both triggers. Something told me, as I pulled the triggers, I shouldn't do this, but the finger was quicker than my mind.
Now I can't get the barrels back on the receiver. It seems to me the ejectors are catching on the protruding firing pins?
Back in the '70s I stripped the receiver, but I had a parts diagram back then. I remember having a dickens of a time getting it back together. I don't want to go through that experience again.
I suppose I need to cock the strikers to get the barrel block back on. Anyone have any advice out there?
Thanks in advance.
After I oiled the receiver and barrels well and wiped them down, prior to re-assembling the gun, I snapped both triggers. Something told me, as I pulled the triggers, I shouldn't do this, but the finger was quicker than my mind.
Now I can't get the barrels back on the receiver. It seems to me the ejectors are catching on the protruding firing pins?
Back in the '70s I stripped the receiver, but I had a parts diagram back then. I remember having a dickens of a time getting it back together. I don't want to go through that experience again.
I suppose I need to cock the strikers to get the barrel block back on. Anyone have any advice out there?
Thanks in advance.