Hey guys, what's the deal behind the Winchester model 50? All I've heard is it was too complicated so they discontinued.

Anyways, I was using my uncle's 50 on 4th of July weekend for trap, shot great. in fact everybody loved it. but one of my buddies wanted to use it to shoot some heavier loads and it turned out they were 3" shells. they wouldn't eject right is how I figured something was wrong. I didn't SEE any damage, and the gun fired great afterwards as well. should I have it checked over by a gunsmith?

Thanks dudes.

Red

Dude, if the barrel is still intact and functions fine with the correct ammo then there is no need to bother a gunsmith this time, just don't let it happen again.

Check the slide pin that connects the inertia rod to the bolt, I had one come out in two pieces before, but it was still shooting.

One of the main mods to a receiver to fire 3" rounds is lengthening the ejection port. The other mod would be to deepen the chamber. Most pumps do not get any other treatment; semi's are hit and miss as to whether they will function reliably with various loadings.

In other words, you didn't damage the gun; it sounds like you could convert it to 3" magnum as long as those were the loads that you wanted to use.

The chamber is separate/floating on a model 50 Winchester. so a new one would have to be made some how, plus the ejector port lengthened as well.