Winchester 290

tungngroove2000 said:
i will be happy to have a look at my 190 tonight and post some pics if you haven't got it figured out by then.
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Honestly, Thanks.
I need all the help I can get on this. I don't have a whole lot of rimfire experience.
I don't have a whole lot of experience giving up either, this rifle's going to be operational eventually.
 
If you can't push a round in there, I'm willing to bet you have the remnants of an old
shell casing.
Bent yourself a small hook on a piece of wire and see if you can catch the end of that
piece of brass.
Maybe with a bore light you can identify it better.
You get that hunk of brass out of there and you be a happy camper.
 
kamlooky said:
If you can't push a round in there, I'm willing to bet you have the remnants of an old
shell casing.
Bent yourself a small hook on a piece of wire and see if you can catch the end of that
piece of brass.
Maybe with a bore light you can identify it better.
You get that hunk of brass out of there and you be a happy camper.
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I've got myself a roll of tie-wire from work. I'm going to give your idea a try tonight, will post results.
 
kamlooky said:
If you can't push a round in there, I'm willing to bet you have the remnants of an old
shell casing.
Bent yourself a small hook on a piece of wire and see if you can catch the end of that
piece of brass.
Maybe with a bore light you can identify it better.
You get that hunk of brass out of there and you be a happy camper.
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Another way is to use a tap that fits the inside of the brass and some lubricant.
 
NintendoDuckHunt87 said:
With it disassembled I attempted to manually insert the cartridge and it stops dead at about a 1/4" in. Didn't go so far as to try to force it but, at a decent inward pressure it wouldn't budge. If anyone's got a sec and this rifle, could you have a look into your chamber and see if that sleeve is normal or not?

When I first got the rifle I found a blown off rim and some small shards of brass in the rear of the reciever which suggested to me that it had experienced a case failure at some point in it's life. The clean edge of the "sleeve" versus the ragged edges on the blown rim suggests to me that it isn't the blown casing still stuck in the chamber. Looks far too clean to me.
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I've got it copied and ready to ship. PM me your address and I'll send it.
 
sorry for the late reply, took a good look at mine and there is nothing close to what you have there. i will try to post pics in the morning, scratch that, i WILL post pics in the morning...tonight the wine was calling.
 
ok first off i am NOT proud of these pics but it was the best i could get......hard to see but there is nothing like what the OP had in his chamber (yellowed colouring etc). i'm sure you've got this sorted out by now but i said i would post a couple pics of mine....so here they are....let us know how you made out...

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I got it out on Saturday. It was a shell stuck in the chamber.
I took pics along the way. Will post them here shortly.
I had to thread into the stuck shell to get the leverage to get it out of there. It looked like it left the slightest burr at the barrel end of the chamber so I rolled some fine-grit sand paper and gently flattened it back out. Dying for next weekend to come so I can get it out and test it.
 
So, here's the photos:

First we've got the shell stuck in the chamber clearly visible here:
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Now, The shell after I threaded it and yanked it out of there:
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And finally, the shell after being removed with an unspent one beside for comparison:
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It took awhile to get it figured out but, it looks like my little Winchester 290 is back in the saddle.
Thanks for the help guys.
 
I had one with the same issue and it was the extractor it was wore out. I got an extractor and a pin and it was good to go was caused by 22 short ammo dosn't give enough support to extract properly that's what i think anyway.
 
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