I am the original owner of this .22 mag rifle. It is a tube feed lever action rifle.
When this rifle was younger, I could fill the tube to the max w/ .22 mag shells, and then gently and quietly lever a round into the chamber for a morning of good hunting. As the years passed and many rounds, many rounds have been fired in this rifle, I can no longer fill the feed tube to the max and gently, quietly chamber a round. On entry to the chamber, the bullet jams and kind of gets stuck as it leaves the feed tube. My thought was, maybe through all the years of shooting this rifle, that maybe the spring w/in the tube has weakened or there is some type of debris or rust present within the tube, etc. My thought was to replace the entire tube, IF that could solve the problem. Any help on how I can fix this minor aggravation on the finest shootin .22 mag ever made by man would be greatly appreciated. PS -
I have tried to remove the small holding pin from the removal tube which holds the rounds, but I sure can't figure out how to remove that pin. Please share with me how to successfully remove that small pin located on the end of the feed tube. And how to replace it. I have scratched my country noggin and can't figure out how that pin was installed and how to get the little pin out.
Thanks for your help.
When this rifle was younger, I could fill the tube to the max w/ .22 mag shells, and then gently and quietly lever a round into the chamber for a morning of good hunting. As the years passed and many rounds, many rounds have been fired in this rifle, I can no longer fill the feed tube to the max and gently, quietly chamber a round. On entry to the chamber, the bullet jams and kind of gets stuck as it leaves the feed tube. My thought was, maybe through all the years of shooting this rifle, that maybe the spring w/in the tube has weakened or there is some type of debris or rust present within the tube, etc. My thought was to replace the entire tube, IF that could solve the problem. Any help on how I can fix this minor aggravation on the finest shootin .22 mag ever made by man would be greatly appreciated. PS -
I have tried to remove the small holding pin from the removal tube which holds the rounds, but I sure can't figure out how to remove that pin. Please share with me how to successfully remove that small pin located on the end of the feed tube. And how to replace it. I have scratched my country noggin and can't figure out how that pin was installed and how to get the little pin out.
Thanks for your help.