This is a real bummer. Took my new Henry lever action to the range yesterday for the 1st time. Even tho it's marked 22 Magnum on the barrel it will not chamber the rounds. To make matters worse, there are still live rds stuck inside the magazine tube as I had to push harder to get it down. This sometimes happens with my Mossberg 146 BA so I figured being the 1st time loading it, it's a little stiff. Some guys said it might be chambered for 22LR and I'm inclined to agree, although I didn't try a LR round in it as one guy suggested. It certainly isn't the dealers fault where I bought it. I emailed Henry and hope they stand behind their product. It was a lot of money for me. I've never heard of this before, but maybe someone here has had a similar problem.
.22 Mag won't chamber
- Thread starter lyman54
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The chamber won't accept the WMR cartridge. I tried to insert one manually also but no go. This must be a LR barrel. Somebody screwed up.
I'd love to, but I ordered it online. I sent an email to Henry so hope I hear from them on Monday. I'll call where I bought it from, maybe I'm supposed to send it there. I had a Goldenboy from Henry in WMR and that was no problems. Thanks.
So now I got it working. The tubular magazine was not feeding properly. Why it chambers now and not yesterday, I have no idea. To get the live rds out I had to cut about 1/16 off the end, then flared it a bit. It seems to be feeding ok now. I had noticed the end of the tube didn't look right.
Good it works.
Still a touch confused as to how it couldn't accept a rd. in the chamber before, but does now.
Now cliches come to mind:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
All's well that ends well
Still a touch confused as to how it couldn't accept a rd. in the chamber before, but does now.
Now cliches come to mind:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
All's well that ends well
