Hello all around !
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. Recently I acquired an older model 94 carbine which left the factory in 1949. This is my first older collectable winchester. It works fine and shoots very accurate. Since the action was a bit stiff and hard going, I completely disassembled the rifle, cleaned and lubed all parts and carefully put it back together again. The first positive thing I noticed: unlike with my italian replicas, there was no re-fitting, deburring, polishing edges or any other fine-tuning necessary at all. After removing over half a century of grime and gunk everything worked much easier and smoother except one thing: when pulling the lever up and loading a live cartridge it becomes difficult to close the action as soon as the locking bolt moves behind the breech bolt and it takes a bit of effort to close the lever the last inch. So either I slam the lever closed rather brisk and hard or I apply thet extra pressure on the last inch.
Is that normal on the older original models? Is there a problem that should be addressed? Or is that the way it is supposed to work?
I am not a gunsmith so many thanks for answers and opinions !
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. Recently I acquired an older model 94 carbine which left the factory in 1949. This is my first older collectable winchester. It works fine and shoots very accurate. Since the action was a bit stiff and hard going, I completely disassembled the rifle, cleaned and lubed all parts and carefully put it back together again. The first positive thing I noticed: unlike with my italian replicas, there was no re-fitting, deburring, polishing edges or any other fine-tuning necessary at all. After removing over half a century of grime and gunk everything worked much easier and smoother except one thing: when pulling the lever up and loading a live cartridge it becomes difficult to close the action as soon as the locking bolt moves behind the breech bolt and it takes a bit of effort to close the lever the last inch. So either I slam the lever closed rather brisk and hard or I apply thet extra pressure on the last inch.
Is that normal on the older original models? Is there a problem that should be addressed? Or is that the way it is supposed to work?
I am not a gunsmith so many thanks for answers and opinions !


