Can't insert last round. File down Loading gate?

[Fran49829]

Hello,
I just bought a new 92 357 stainless and am hoping for a fix for my problem. Let's say I am going to put 2 to 5 357's into the magazine tube. The last round hangs up on the receiver and no amount of my finger pressure will get it all the way in. If I push down on the loading gate with a small screwdriver I can get the round in. It seems like the loading gate spring is to stiff. Any ideas?

[Ranch Dog]

Try releasing the lever from the locked position. Not opened, just released.

[Fran49829]

Thanks but it did not help.

[Ranch Dog]

Thanks but it did not help.

What is the nose profile of the bullet look like? How many are in the tube before the last one?

[Fran49829]

Thanks but it did not help.

What is the nose profile of the bullet look like? How many are in the tube before the last one?

They are 158 gr jacketed soft flat point. 1 to 5 in tube.

[stevep1954]

did you clean the grease out of the mag tube? that should be done just to keep the spring moving freely.

[Fran49829]

This happens even if I am only loading 1 catridge.

[golfish]

did you clean the grease out of the mag tube? that should be done just to keep the spring moving freely.

This would be a good start. Remove the mag tube a clean it out. It looks pretty dirty to me.

When the round gets stuck and you can't go forward, are you able to go in reverse and remove the round back out?

Best way to relieve the spring tension is to take the gun apart and put a notch in the loading gate spring.

[Fran49829]

did you clean the grease out of the mag tube? that should be done just to keep the spring moving freely.

This would be a good start. Remove the mag tube a clean it out. It looks pretty dirty to me.

When the round gets stuck and you can't go forward, are you able to go in reverse and remove the round back out?

Best way to relieve the spring tension is to take the gun apart and put a notch in the loading gate spring.

Only if I relieve the upwards pressure from the loading gate by depressing the gate with a small screwdriver

[Ranch Dog]

I think you need to go to the basics with an initial cleaning. If you don't want to take it all apart, pull the magazine end cap and spring, plus the buttstock and flush the rifle with dechlorinated brake cleaner in a spray can. If you leave the forearm in place, don't get the cleaner on it. Flush the receiver out well. I flush it all out with the straw, trying to get it everywhere, and then use compressed air to blow it out. Then I coat everything with good gun oil and cycle the action 100 times. Flush it out until the cleaner runs clean, blow it out, and reoil it. I do this through 500 cycles. Typically, I would use three cans of cleaner.

This happens even if I am only loading 1 catridge.

With your last comment, I feel that the packing grease (alox) is packed into the bottom of the receiver at the magazine port to where the carrier cannot lay at rest (flat). What cycling has been done with the action probably has packed it further.

The Spring Cover cannot open because the carrier is in the way. I sure would not pry on it with a screwdriver.