Still issues with Winchester model 74 - The Firearms Forum

madmxx22277 · 07-29-2006, 10:39 AM

Just wondering if anybody knows of this issue and a fix.
I got an old Winchester model 74 .22, used to shoot the heck out of it... Finally after sitting a few months it would no longer work, it will shoot the first round that you manually jack into the gun, but the bolt would not cock the firing pin for the next shot, it would however eject spent casing and grap new ground, just wouldn't cock firing pin, I then could manually eject that round and feed new round and it would shoot that round...
Any help would be appreciated.

LIKTOSHOOT · 07-29-2006, 12:00 PM

I don`t remember which this rifle is......does it cock on the close cycle or the open cycle. I always confuse them. That is the starting place.

LTS

JRH · 07-29-2006, 03:19 PM

Try some different ammo...it sounds like it is short stroking . Are you shooting LR or Shorts? If it is cheap ammo sometimes there is a quite a difference in consistancy from round to round. CCI mini mag is a good choice for testing....if it fails on that stuff then you know there is a problem.

madmxx22277 · 07-31-2006, 09:37 AM

Shooting LR, ammo doesn't matter, I have tried CCI, Federal, Remington, etc....
Whatever happened it was sorta without notice, took it out and shot it, cleaned it, sat for couple of months, and then it wouldn't work, I have replaced the bolt spring the firing pin spring and the latch that locks the firing pin, still didn't make a difference, I got the parts from Numerich.

BADSBSNF81 · 05-14-2008, 02:07 PM

Have you given it a a really good cleaning?

07-29-2006, 10:39 AM	#1
madmxx22277 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6	Still issues with Winchester model 74 Just wondering if anybody knows of this issue and a fix. I got an old Winchester model 74 .22, used to shoot the heck out of it... Finally after sitting a few months it would no longer work, it will shoot the first round that you manually jack into the gun, but the bolt would not cock the firing pin for the next shot, it would however eject spent casing and grap new ground, just wouldn't cock firing pin, I then could manually eject that round and feed new round and it would shoot that round... Any help would be appreciated. -->

07-29-2006, 12:00 PM	#2
LIKTOSHOOT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 9,367	Re: Still issues with Winchester model 74 I don`t remember which this rifle is......does it cock on the close cycle or the open cycle. I always confuse them. That is the starting place. LTS

07-29-2006, 03:19 PM	#3
JRH Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5	Re: Still issues with Winchester model 74 Try some different ammo...it sounds like it is short stroking . Are you shooting LR or Shorts? If it is cheap ammo sometimes there is a quite a difference in consistancy from round to round. CCI mini mag is a good choice for testing....if it fails on that stuff then you know there is a problem.

07-31-2006, 09:37 AM	#4
madmxx22277 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6	Re: Still issues with Winchester model 74 Shooting LR, ammo doesn't matter, I have tried CCI, Federal, Remington, etc.... Whatever happened it was sorta without notice, took it out and shot it, cleaned it, sat for couple of months, and then it wouldn't work, I have replaced the bolt spring the firing pin spring and the latch that locks the firing pin, still didn't make a difference, I got the parts from Numerich.

05-14-2008, 02:07 PM	#5
BADSBSNF81 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 27	Re: Still issues with Winchester model 74 Have you given it a a really good cleaning? __________________ You do what you are.