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July 31, 2025
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New barrel on a blued younger 86 action (1920s). Action smooth but bullet gets hung up on insertion in the chamber. After chambering dummy rounds multiple times brass starting to build up on the barrel chamber mouth on the bottom of the barrel, between the recessed bolt areas. Would it be safe to stone that area down to allow feeding easier?
March 31, 2009
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Otisman68 said
New barrel on a blued younger 86 action (1920s). Action smooth but bullet gets hung up on insertion in the chamber. After chambering dummy rounds multiple times brass starting to build up on the barrel chamber mouth on the bottom of the barrel, between the recessed bolt areas. Would it be safe to stone that area down to allow feeding easier?
First post a picture of the area in question on the gun and a pic of the bullets.
November 19, 2006
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I assume the barrel this rifle originally was manufactured with was not in .50 caliber? If not, I would expect a person would need to do what Winchester had to do to their rifles to make a .50 caliber cartridge feed through a Model 1886 action. It was more than one modification needed to the action and if memory serves me, there was a modification to the end of the magazine tube needed as well.
February 17, 2022
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steve004 said
I assume the barrel this rifle originally was manufactured with was not in .50 caliber? If not, I would expect a person would need to do what Winchester had to do to their rifles to make a .50 caliber cartridge feed through a Model 1886 action. It was more than one modification needed to the action and if memory serves me, there was a modification to the end of the magazine tube needed as well.
Yes Steve you are correct. There were 7 tolerance cuts made to fit the big 50’s. I like to call them the 7 magic cuts.
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