May be the wrong forum, but...
I just got handed down a model 1890 from my father in law. On the barrel it shows that it is chambered for .22 wrf. I went and found some wrf rounds and attempted to test the gun. It quickly became apparent that the feeding tube is not for wrf rounds as the bullets would not fit inside the tube. I just broke the gun down and the bullets fit into the barrel, so obviously this was not a misstamp; it truly is chambered for wrf rounds. The action which jacks and receives the bullet from the feeder tube will not accept a wrf round and it looks as if it will only accept a short. I don't have any shorts, longs, or LRs to try, but it looks like it will accept shorts and possibly longs. The only flaw that was noticeable on this gun other than all the bluing being gone is that someone added a bolt and nut through the receiver/stock to tighten the connection up. This leads me to believe that someone decided to change out the receiver and feeder tube to shoot available rounds back when wrf's were no longer being made and the new receiver did not fit snugly with the stock. The other possibilty is that someone screwed up the barrel of this gun and put the first available barrel that they found on the gun and it happened to be a wrf chambered barrell. I have a couple of questions. Will the WRF chambered barrell shoot shorts or longs or whatever the receiver is made for safely? I know you can shoot shorts and longs out of a LR chambered barrel, especially in a manually fed gun. Isn't the WRF actually a fatter cartrige with a .22 bullet? It dosent seem like this would be safe. If this is not safe, what are the chances of finding and where can I find a .22 wrf receiver and feeder tube to put back with this barrel? Or, and I'm pretty sure this is the case, am I just better off buying another 1890, because now that I have one, and I've wanted one for some time, I've got to get this thing working or get one that will. Thanks, Eric
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I just got handed down a model 1890 from my father in law. On the barrel it shows that it is chambered for .22 wrf. I went and found some wrf rounds and attempted to test the gun. It quickly became apparent that the feeding tube is not for wrf rounds as the bullets would not fit inside the tube. I just broke the gun down and the bullets fit into the barrel, so obviously this was not a misstamp; it truly is chambered for wrf rounds. The action which jacks and receives the bullet from the feeder tube will not accept a wrf round and it looks as if it will only accept a short. I don't have any shorts, longs, or LRs to try, but it looks like it will accept shorts and possibly longs. The only flaw that was noticeable on this gun other than all the bluing being gone is that someone added a bolt and nut through the receiver/stock to tighten the connection up. This leads me to believe that someone decided to change out the receiver and feeder tube to shoot available rounds back when wrf's were no longer being made and the new receiver did not fit snugly with the stock. The other possibilty is that someone screwed up the barrel of this gun and put the first available barrel that they found on the gun and it happened to be a wrf chambered barrell. I have a couple of questions. Will the WRF chambered barrell shoot shorts or longs or whatever the receiver is made for safely? I know you can shoot shorts and longs out of a LR chambered barrel, especially in a manually fed gun. Isn't the WRF actually a fatter cartrige with a .22 bullet? It dosent seem like this would be safe. If this is not safe, what are the chances of finding and where can I find a .22 wrf receiver and feeder tube to put back with this barrel? Or, and I'm pretty sure this is the case, am I just better off buying another 1890, because now that I have one, and I've wanted one for some time, I've got to get this thing working or get one that will. Thanks, Eric
