.357 R92 not feeding

[nathan2020]

Hi, after a bit of advise bought a second hand 16inch R92 in .357 awhile ago, shot it for the first time today and after 70 rounds it no longer feeds. The round just sits on the carrier. First lever gun so don't know where to start, currently watching youtube videos on how to strip.

thanks for any info.
Nathan

[Reese-Mo]

Is the carrier rising up when you stroke the lever fully forward?

[Reese-Mo]

I got curious, looked at the parts diagram, but didn't take my own 92 apart.

The lever has a nub that runs the carrier into the upward position. There is a spring loaded detent that provides friction to hole the carrier upward until the bolt moves it back down.

If the carrier moves up, and fails to "stay up" while the lever is moved rearward, then most likely that spring loaded detent is the issue. Could be crud, broken spring, dry grease, that sort of thing. The spring is a coil spring, so... not really expecting issues with that.

If your favorite spray doesn't free up the detent, then ...

You'll have to remove the shoulder stock. One screw for that.
Lock the mainspring (hammer spring) with a paper clip.
Unscrew the hammer's screw/pin and remove it from the frame.
Get the lower tang off. Could take some doing, as some are fit very tight. A brass and light mallet at the front of the lower tang will free it.
Then you can undo the bolt/lever pin's retaining screw, and remove the pin when the bolt is fully (or almost fully) forward.
After that, the lever and bolt will come out.
After that, the carrier screws can be removed and the carrier taken out through the bottom of the frame.

See how that goes.

HIGHLY Recommend that you use the Brownells screwdriver tip dedicated set on the screws. No slip ups, keeps 'em looking pretty not all bubba'd.

[mr surveyor]

It's really easy to do a partial flushing to get 90% of the crud out. Just remove the butt stock, open the action and (without getting fluid on the fore stock) flood the innards with non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Using the "straw", run a good amount through the barrel and hit every nook and cranny you can get to on all the action parts. Flush it till there's nothing but clean looking liquid coming out. Just be sure the barrel in pointed to the sky and the tangs are pointed down to the ground. And make sure you don't have the barrel pointed to the ceiling and the tangs pointed to the floor. Wives don't seem to appreciate that ... I don't think they run on the same value system we do.

When you're done flushing, give it a good airing out for about half an hour, then stroke the barrel like a normal cleaning and give the innards a good new lube job, and complete wipe down with an oil cloth.

It's surprising how much crud you can get out with that simple procedure.

jd

[nathan2020]

hi thanks for the replies, the carrier doesn't move at all, i've ordered a set of screwdrivers when they arrive i'll start the strip-down.

[Reese-Mo]

I cant see the carrier not moving at all, as its mechanically pushed by the lever. There may be something "blocking" the lever? Which in turn... is there something blocking the bolt from moving all the way rearward (same outcome).

Can you take a piece of wire and snag the carrier and lift it?

Not exactly a "field strip" but you might want to just take things apart to the point of getting the bolt out. You might have a piece of lead, some other crapola blocking the bolt and therefore the lever from pushing up the carrier.

[Archer]

Be careful so you don't loose any parts.