Hello,
A buddy bought a new Puma Winchester '92 the other day in .45 Colt. He has not fired it but we loaded it up and jacked a few shells through to see how smooth the action was, in chambering rounds, ejecting them, etc.. But several times it jammed and I had to poke something down in there to push one round back into the tube and then realign the one, or whathave you, in order to start over and work the lever. It did this several times. It appeard that when I worked the lever good and fast it would do more or less ok. But if I tried to do it a little slower it would jam. What gives and why is it doing that?

It seemed to me that the lip of the chamber was sharp, or had a sort of sharp edge, and the lead bullet was catching and hanging on that edge as a shell was raised up by the mechanism when the lever was worked to chamber a round. Any ideas or solutions? Or do you just have to always work the lever fast in an effort to overcome this tendency in the gun?
Thanks,
Freebooter
Millbrook, Al..

Howdy, for 92's you need to talk to Steve at www.stevesgunz.com. you can also post this at www.leverguns.com. you should get alot of information. good luck. Jim.

I had similar problem with my Rossi, probably be same with a Winchester too. I reload my shells, and did not crimp the loaded shell as much as I should have. Increased the crimp and all is well. If you look head on to the loaded cart. and can see a ring of brass around the bullet, it is crimped lightly.
My 2 cents
Louis-Cannon
Huntsville, AL

Hello,
A buddy bought a new Puma Winchester '92 the other day in .45 Colt. He has not fired it but we loaded it up and jacked a few shells through to see how smooth the action was, in chambering rounds, ejecting them, etc.. But several times it jammed and I had to poke something down in there to push one round back into the tube and then realign the one, or whathave you, in order to start over and work the lever. It did this several times. It appeard that when I worked the lever good and fast it would do more or less ok. But if I tried to do it a little slower it would jam. What gives and why is it doing that?

It seemed to me that the lip of the chamber was sharp, or had a sort of sharp edge, and the lead bullet was catching and hanging on that edge as a shell was raised up by the mechanism when the lever was worked to chamber a round. Any ideas or solutions? Or do you just have to always work the lever fast in an effort to overcome this tendency in the gun?
Thanks,
Freebooter
Millbrook, Al..

Thanks y'all.