Winchester Mod. 94 feed issue
This might not be a place to ask this but here goes. I have a Winchester pre-64 Mod. 94 in 32 Win. Spl. that as the title says has a feeding problem. what happens is when you load the magazine with loaded cartridges and cycle the lever at slow speed it "almost" always feeds into the chamber properly without a hitch....but. When it is cycled fast and with force the cartridge on its way into the chamber rises in the rear (the head pops up) out of alignment and jams into the shoulder of the case at the top of the barrel where the extractor cut is and jams. I'm not real skilled at 94's but do understand a bit about them, I have already had this rifle to two gun smiths and so far the last one is the one that did the most for it but didn't clear up the feeding issue.
In my mind and as to what I can see of the rifle parts without dis-assembly is that the cartridge guides on both sides are pretty rough and the ejector is rough, very rough. The 2 smiths don't seem to notice or be concerned about those two parts, I am. Any ides would be helpful in figuring out this fix. Right now I am considering ordering the two cartridge R@L guides + new screws and a new ejector and spring (all new parts) from Jack First and changing out the parts providing they are available. Do you know a real good 94 smith? someone you have personal experience with? in case my idea is FOS and I need a plan "B".
BudT
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