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Bolt sticking

ruger891022ruger891022 Member Posts: 123 ✭✭
edited April 2004 in Ask the Experts
On my winchester 88 the bolt kinda sticks when it is going to the open position...it will open almost all of the way and at the end the bolt starts to stick on the last 1/2"...it still cocks the gun and ejects rounds and puts new ones into the chamber...what could i do to stop this? it only does it when i open the lever slowly if i do it fast it doesn't do it...should i oil it?

10/22 stainless carbine
Custom O3-A3
savage 24
stevens 67h
winchester x-150 .50
winchester 88 .308
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  • HangfireHangfire Member Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All metal to metal contact should be lubricated. Try something like Rem-Oil or Breakfree.They should also be kept clean. Firearms are designed to be operated firmly!!.

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob
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  • Jake_S-83Jake_S-83 Member Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    do you clean it regularly?
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  • ThrockmortonThrockmorton Member Posts: 814 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not very familiar with the model,but...
    could it be the last little bit that the cocking action takes place?
    On a lever gun with a hammer it's the first inch or so thats hard so I'm thinking that on a hammerless it's the last bit of lever travle that cocks the weapon.


    Throckmortons' the alias,cas is the game.
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  • ruger891022ruger891022 Member Posts: 123 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just got this gun and i just took it apart and cleaned it...it operates very smootly until the last of the pulling back stage...i used dry oil to oil the gun all up... i also heard that the round edge of the rear links should be faced outward...they both look square to me and two other people when i shown them to them so i don't think it makes a difference as long as they are on correctly if you switch them between sides because they are exactly alike...I have heard that if they are reversed a bad action bind would occur...if this would occur i wouldn't be able to open the chamber right?...when it gets hard to pull at the end you can push it the rest of the way with little effort with your finger by pushing on the bolt...

    10/22 stainless carbine
    Custom O3-A3
    savage 24
    stevens 67h
    winchester x-150 .50
    winchester 88 .308
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