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Meridan Rifle - Preferably someone who has one ;)
siliconsorcerer
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I have some specific questions probably best answered by someone who has one or has worked on them. I know it's not high on the rifle hierarchy status so don't laugh but now that I got it working I need a little original information on how it's really supposed to go together...
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I'm really just not much a rifle person I'm more into repairing and replacing internal parts in pre-1899 pistols.
You can very probably find a pic of similiar rifle by checking the auction side.
Must say I'm having trouble following your question. But it appears to deal w/the tube magazine. All of which I've seen,work basically the same.
The outer tube stays stationary under the barrel. Held there by mounts that usually fit into dovetail slots on bottom of barrel. Sometimes they are secured by a screw.
You remove the inner magaxzine tube by turning the end knob from the locked in position (pin in knob in small recess area where). To the position where it (the pin) lines up w/the slot that allows the entire inner tube to be pulled from the outer tube. Pull it all the way out.
Then you drop cartridges into outer mag tube. Usually there is cartridge shaped cutout in the tube for loading. Or just drop them, case end first, into the end of outer tube. When tube gets full, reinsert inner tube. It should have a spring inside that will feel give resistence as it compresses against the cartridges as you push tube all way in.
If it won't go all way in, you may have too many rounds in outer tube. When you get inner tube pushed all way in, turn end knob so that pin is in locked position.
Hope this helps. If not, a pic of what you're looking at would likely help alot.
The tube is held in place by dovetail slots HOWEVER they are rounded vs straight ended and the back dovetail turns 45 vs sliding out but their both a bit buggered.
In the front dovetail there is a pin which holds the magazine tube, when I started to drive it out, the magazine tube unfroze until then I could not turn it / unlock it at all... Obviously I need to drive this pin all the way out but I can't see offhand how this could be wedging up the magazine.
As I said I'll look for a like rifle, at this point it sounds like the dovetails probably should be fixed and the tube feed straight in and then pined into place.
Someone may have tried to drive them out and buggered the keyslots.
You can put them in place and reform the barrel slot using a flat punch and light hammer blows.
I think this is what you're talking about.
I do have some parts if needed.
Pact
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