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Hammer wont stay cocked on my Winchester 1886

RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
edited June 2014 in Ask the Experts
I bought a while back an antique Winchester 1886 which it turned out has a set trigger on it. I've been playing around with it and pretending to be a cowboy with snapcaps for a while and now the hammer just wont stay cocked anymore.. or it will stay cocked but just by a minimum amount of movement it will fall down. If i work the action it will follow the bolt because of the friction. The half-cock is as it should be.

It got this way gradually. What parts should i be looking for in order to try to fix this? Surely it must be related to fatigue.

Also, i dont know if it's related but the screw on the set-trigger is missing and the hole is ruined. It didn't hinder it from working earlier though.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    possible the set trigger has moved with out the screw in place..please send me this dangerous rifle for desposal[:0]
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  • RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will need you to cover the shipping charges then. $10000 (wire transfer only).
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.tapaderaswinchesters.com/newsletter.html

    scroll down.
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  • RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been there, but still a bit unsure about what parts i need.
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  • RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tried sending a mail, but no luck. Anyone know if it is possible to get a new complete lower tang assembly that would fit? A non-set trigger one obviously.
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  • MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,460 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I doubt you need parts; maybe just a good cleaning... These are rugged, reliable rifles.

    Any local gunsmith worth their salt should be able to work on this, it's a simple mechanism. DON'T replace the tang and lose the serial number.
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  • RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is clean and it did work. It got gradually worse it hasn't been outside or anything so dirt is an unlikely cause. Yes they are indeed rugged and reliable rifles, but the set trigger changes that a bit.
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I totally agree with Greg, it probably just needs a good in depth cleaning, and maybe a contact surface or two trued up. A competent gun smith can do this work without breaking the bank. A new tang would greatly diminish the value of the rifle.
    W.D.
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  • RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The set trigger doesn't function correctly either becuase the adjustment screw is missing.. the walls of the hole for the screw is blown out by a previous owner.


    The trigger did work though, just a bit travel. So i'm thinking my problem is because fatigue or something. Either way it does seem to me like there is more to "go wrong" on a set trigger than a standard one.

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  • RandomChapRandomChap Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nobody has any idea what specific part that has gone to *****?

    I've taken of the stock and it i've found out that the trigger will stay better at full-cock when i have a firm grip on the upper and lower tang, but it still slips, just not as bad when i dont apply pressure, when i don't it wont stay at full-cock at all.... whatever that means.

    Still no answer from the guy at the tapaderaswinchesters.com
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