Thanks for the replies. It’s a Winchester Model ’94 takedown model. purchased new-in-the-box, last year (2021). My research tells me that it was made in Japan, under license, and that Winchester Repeating Arms is defunct. That’s all I meant in the OP. I am new to lever action rifles, and don’t want to ruin a perfectly functioning firearm by trying to change something that “ain’t broke”. I own a number of more modern design firearms and work on them without problems.

All suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Karl, 68coupe

Soooo, I “finally” got a response from Winchester. The large loop isn’t offered as a spare part for the model that I have. I now have two large loop levers that don’t work. HOWEVER, I have studied the action with a boresight and found that the little “notch” on the top of the lever near the bolt is what allows the additional travel needed to make the carrier/lifter thingy to function. Visibly, it is the ONLY difference between the large loops I have and the one from the rifle, aside from the actual loop. I’m going to use my Dremel to make the “notch” in one of the large loops levers to see if it works.

Mike, the same holds true for so many things, Lays potato chips, Thompsons, M1 Carbines, 1911’s & air-cooled VW’s.

I’ll try to add photos if it works,

Karl

I bought one of the large-loops from Numrich, the other from Homestead Parts.

The modification with the Dremel worked. I milled out a “notch” like the one in the original lever and cold-blued the work after an op-check. The large-loop is installed and op-checks 4.0 with snap caps. Off to the range on Wednesday with live ammo. The lever on the left is the original, center is an unmodified large-loop, right is the modified, now in the rifle.

Below is the project rifle.

Karl