I have a Winchester 97 that a friend of mine inherited from his dad, and I want to do him a favor and get it fixed for him. This is an old family gun, but my buddy has never really gotten to enjoy it due to a problem that it developed years ago. I do not know the terminology, but will do my best to describe the problem as told to me. There is a "collar" in front of the receiver that goes around the magazine tube and barrel and it has a screw in it. As it is fired, the screw in it loosens up and the barrel gets loose. Does anyone know how I can fix this, or someone that I can send it to to get it fixed?
I am going to try to fire it this weekend to confirm that this is the problem.
The gun itself is interesting. The owner had it reblued, so it has less collector value. The receiver has an ordnance bomb under a stamped "US" in front of the ejection port. It also has a commercial full choked barrel on it. The guys dad told me years ago that he suspected someone had absconded with it from the army, ditched the original barrel (what a shame) and put the commercial barrel on it.
I am going to try to fire it this weekend to confirm that this is the problem.
The gun itself is interesting. The owner had it reblued, so it has less collector value. The receiver has an ordnance bomb under a stamped "US" in front of the ejection port. It also has a commercial full choked barrel on it. The guys dad told me years ago that he suspected someone had absconded with it from the army, ditched the original barrel (what a shame) and put the commercial barrel on it.