30 December 2005, 05:27
conchoWin 1886 Take down 45-70
PC I was mistaken the reamer site has the 50-110 marked 2.400
30 December 2005, 07:45
PCquote:
Originally posted by concho:
PC I have the site for CH dies for the 50-110 but they don't answer e-mails , I know you have their dies , There are 2 sizes of 50-110 , Rim .665/ shoulder .565 , The Starline brass is .601 Rim /.544 shoulder, I wrote to CH for the correct info but no Reply , are yours compatable with Starline brass ? I also wrote to The rental outfit in origon for a reamer for 50-110 and no reply There ! The new 50=110 is 2.400 Long and the original is 2.500 Their add does not specify which they are using ? Please reply Thanks
cConcho I have to plead ignorance and say I am unaware of the issue you are talking about, and that I purchased ch4 50-110 dies and they load my ammo fine and it goes band and feeds and extracts.
I would just ring Dave Davidson (owner) directly and have a chat with him I have found him helpful, and I live in Oz !!
31 December 2005, 18:47
conchoquote:
Originally posted by PC:
quote:
Originally posted by a_dalimata:
I had the same problem with my 1886 with the light hammer stikes . The problem is the rebounding hammer strut that holds the hammer back off of the firing pin .it robs the hammer of its striking power . Dave Scovill did a artical in "Rifle" a few years back on how to correct the problem . it is a simple fix if one had the tools and the know how. it would take about 20 minutes to fix . IIRC it involes taking the strut out and filing 1/8 in off of the bottom "finger" . this would allow the hammer to rest closer to the firing pin. do a little searth on this im not 100% that it was the bottom "finger" that had to be shortend
I have had this done to my el 1886 replica 50-110 conversion, as some said that when converted to 50-110 they where getting lite primer hits.
Does this not say you have a 50-110 ? I may be mistaken but in another forum Maybe reloading ? You suggested getting CH dies ! and you said they worked for your 50-110 . [NOW] You don't remember ????
31 December 2005, 23:00
a_dalimataquote:
Originally posted by Vasa:
a_dalimata,dla, PC! I also have problems with misfires in my modern 1886 Winchester Takedown 45-70. In fact, I fired twenty rounds through it today and had 30% misfires using WLR primers. It is the gun I'd like to take bear hunting next time I go, but before that this problem has to be fixed. Can anyone remember in which issue of "Rifle" that Dave Scoville's article was published - do you have a copy of it?
My 1886 is also the "lawyer proof" version made a few years ago. I once hade a Browning 1886, too bad I sold it. Both were made by Miroku of Japan
By the way, I just rejoined these forums.
Vasa
If i remember rightly it was March of '03 i left my mag with my gunsmith , he one upped me and cut a half cock notch in my hammer , did away with the rebounding hammer all togather
levergunner.sixgunner has a lont of info on this matter go there tpye "rebounding hammer" in the search .
01 January 2006, 22:27
VasaPC & a_dalimata - Thanks for the input!
I went to leverguns.sixgunner and found this
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jimstags/win1892/index.htmIt talks about the Win. 1892 but the 1886 is supposed to be very similar.
I also found the source of the article regarding altering the Win. tang safety and rebounding hammer. It is supposed to be in Rifle Mag., November 2003, #210.
If anyone has this magazine at home, could you pass on the information? I wonder if this info is different from what is on the website I mentioned?
I have used WLR primers in my 1886 so far but I have been told that Federal primers are "softer" and I will try Fed. 210 next. Fixing the rebounding hammer will be the priority, though.
Vasa