ursavus.elemensis
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Hello from southcentral/southeastern PA. I picked up a really nice looking Winchester 94 .30 W.C.F. at a gun show in York last weekend. Serial number in the range of 1,500,XXX (made in 1949). Nice condition, with no obvious rust, dings, chips, etc. It looks to be in such great condition, that I thought it would operate nicely, too. I cleaned it and took it to a range today, and the rifle will not feed cartridges from the magazine tube into the chamber. When I open the lever mechanism, the cartridge comes into position to be loaded into the chamber, but then I can't close the lever and load the round. It seems to jam up and will not feed the cartridge into the chamber. I can get the cartridge out, and I can load an individual cartridge and fire the rifle. What's going on? Is this a common problem with these rifles? In other words, is this something a gunsmith can eaisly fix for me? The rifle is in such nice shape overall that I am really loving this rifle, but I need it to operate properly. What do I do next? I took it to a gun shop this afternoon, but they do not have a gunsmith at that store. They looked at it, but were not sure what to tell me. Another shop told me on the phone that it might be a problem involving the follower, and I know that somehow the "follower" is involved in moving the cartridge from the tube to be ready to be loaded, but I do not know anything else about the follower. Any advice or ideas? Please tell me that this rifle can be fixed...!