Every couple of rounds the fp on the 95 comes back too far. Stops the lever (lock) from closing all the way. I can literally push if forward and hear it snap into place.

It's going to a smith but was wondering if anyone heard of this b4?

It's been donkeys years since I had one of those fool things apart. But, there is a firing pin lock in it that holds the pin back until the bolt locks up. For the life of me I can't remember how it works, but I'd be willing to bet a box of beer that it's the thing that's confumbled. Or it could be the pin that holds the fool thing in. Or maybe the area it engages on the firing pin is worn. At any rate it brolly has something to do with that fool thingy.

Would be the #18 #19 #20 thingys

winchester 1895 by Rod Henrickson, on Flickr

thanks

Strip the bolt down and look at the FP lock parts; one of them is binding. Bolt is held in by one pin.

Is getting the bolt and the ejector back in those things not some sort of a Chinese puzzle torture thingy the odd time dpcd ? Where you end up throwing stuff around and kicking a lot of inanimate objects before you bash your head into the wall? Or am I thinking of something else ? It's been a while since I had a 95 to bitz.

You are thinking about the 1886, where the ejector is held by the bolt/lever pin retaining system and everything has to be aligned with Jupiter and Mars to go back together. 95s aren't quite as bad; at least the 95 has it's own ejector pin. John Browning was a genius, the evil kind..

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Originally posted by dpcd:
You are thinking about the 1886, where the ejector is held by the bolt/lever pin retaining system and everything has to be aligned with Jupiter and Mars to go back together. 95s aren't quite as bad; at least the 95 has it's own ejector pin. John Browning was a genius, the evil kind..

Yup. That's what I was thinking of all right. Lucky for me, I don't see enough of those old train wreaks to keep them fresh in my mind. But every time I hear that whistle blowing I cower in fear and reach for a sharp object !

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Talk about Chinese puzzles, have you ever tried to reassemble a Remington Model 14, designed by John Pederson? I have read countless instructions on how to do it, but the blasted thing still has me stumped.

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Originally posted by xausa:
Talk about Chinese puzzles, have you ever tried to reassemble a Remington Model 14, designed by John Pederson? I have read countless instructions on how to do it, but the blasted thing still has me stumped.

That's the pump with the spiral mag? Never had to much trouble putting them together. But sometimes getting some calibers to feed right is an exercise in frustration. They either do, or they don't and if you ever get a "don't" come through the door, you're better off to spin the guy around and toss him out into the street before you have to check in to the loony bin.

Making them work is more of an exorcise, than an exercise I would have to think.

Actually, I have a 141 on my bench right now for re-stocking. They are made back when milled parts were de rigueur and work like a puzzle. Takes patience.