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Recently I purchased a Winchester 1894 (made in 1899). The hammer stays cocked if the hammer is pulled back to full cock before cycling the action. However if the hammer is not cocked before cycling the action the hammer will not stay cocked .
Is this possibly caused by a weak spring??
Thanks!
Jim
Life Member WACA & NRA
Its not a weak spring. Its a wear issue of the either the hammer, sear, bolt, lever, pins etc or wear of them all together (accumulated wear). The basic problem is the bolt is not pushing the hammer back far enough.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
Had that same problem on an 1886 rifle. Turned out the sear had been filed to make it a hair-trigger and too much metal was removed. In that case the solution was to replace the sear with a new one and it worked perfectly after that.
The only way to find out for sure is to disassemble the receiver and check the mating of the trigger, sear and hammer.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Jim, is that on the set-trigger rifle?
And if it is– Fellows, is the problem the same as on a standard trigger system, or does the close-coupled trigger system bring on more problems/solutions?
Also Jim, did you get the PM I sent to you?
A set trigger and plain trigger would make no difference in this case.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
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