Having a hair pulling experience trying to fit a loading gate on a Rossi 92. When I put it in, the spring tension is strong. But it won’t load the cartridge into the magazine. The first round lies on the lifter with the bullet in the magazine but I can’t get the full cartridge into magazine with the amount of tension on the gate. If you load other rounds, the first and subsequent rounds load ok as long as you completely load the magazine. Using dummy rounds. Just throwing that out.
Not sure I follow. The first round can’t be loaded fully into the magazine as the load gate binds it, I get that. Then you load subsequent rounds? How if the first round can’t be loaded into the magazine? Sounds as though the gate needs to be fitted and maybe even have the tension lightened slightly. What is preventing the round from loading into the magazine? How is the loading gate binding the shell? Ken
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Bullets not stubbing on magazine. I guess my fingers are too fat to push them completely into the magazine. Even had my wife try it and she couldn’t get them to go all the way. Loading gate is out of the way. I’m stumped on this one. Even took loading gate out and tried to load magazine, Can’t get them to go all the way in. The magazine spring is not fouled. I can use the 2nd round to push the first into the magazine and the 3rd the second and so on.
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If I’m reading your post correctly the operation sounds normal.
Loading my Marlin 336 30-30 (rimed cartridge so close enough) I find that during loading the magazine, the round just loaded will be on top of the lifter and the cartridge rim under the edge of the loading gate. I have to take my thumb nail and push the cartridge rim past the end of the gate too get the rim to catch on the cartridge stop. The gate will then pop up into place as it should. Try pushing the cartridge in deeper and you should feel the stop snap into place. DC
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It almost sounds as though everything is correct. The round is pushed in past the loading gate and lays on top of the carrier. Does the rim of the round not get pushed past the front of the loading gate? When the round is in the gun and on top of the loading gate and you operate the lever does the gun feed? If, as you describe the shell goes in but your fingers are too short to push the shell all the way into the mag that is common……as long as the base of the shell gets past the front of the load gate and then will feed it is correct. Keep us posted. Ken
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Ken,
As you described, “the functioning” is exactly what is happening. The round clears the gate and lays on top of the lifter until another round is pushed into the gate and the first round goes into the magazine and the second lays on the lifter. I assumed (at my expense, of course ) that all rounds should go into the magazine. It loads, no hang ups on gate. When you cycle the action, lifter rises, bolt moves forward, pushes round into chamber. Thanks to everyone for your assistance.
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Glad we got her all figured out. Ken
