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Winchester 1973 magazine tube spring length relaxed
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Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:32 pmby MarkMcAdoo
Anybody have a spring length on the mag tube for a 24" barrel on a 32-20. I had the plug out and the spring shot out with surprising force and appears to be too long. TIA
Re: Winchester 1973 magazine tube spring length relaxed
Posted:
Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:48 pmby redryder
Welcome to the forum!
Some early Winchester levers had a long spring to allow for spring compression memory due to leaving the tube full over long periods of time. Does the resistance seem okay while charging the tube?
Re: Winchester 1973 magazine tube spring length relaxed
Posted:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:58 pmby MarkMcAdoo
Haven't had it to the range to run it through its paces.. didn't want to run live rounds through the system in the basement.
Re: Winchester 1973 magazine tube spring length relaxed
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Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:09 pmby bob lewis
I agree with redryder, you won't know 'til you try it out .