Winchester Ranger 140 questions

MudChucker

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Hello, my dad just sent me a winchester semi auto ranger 140 12g shotgun, it doesnt appear to have ever been shot...I just did a detail on it and all the parts are in tact with little or no signs of wear or discolour from use. Im not a really big fan of semi's so my experience with them is very limited.

I have no manual with it, youtube doesnt seem to have any info, and I cant find anything on CGN

I did find a PDF of the manual, doesnt seem too detailed.. well, not as detailed as any other manuals Ive read...

I have not had a chance to fire it, but in feeling the action Ive noticed that there doesnt appear to be a decocking method, if I pull back on the cocking lever I have to press the action release on the underside of the gun to get it to close - seems odd, I would have thought that a good abrupt pull on the lever would load the shell and #### the rifle.. is this not the case ?

how do I decock ? unload and dry fire ?

does regular loading of the rifle involve loading shells from the bottom into the magazine, one into the chamber and then pressing the action release to load and #### ?

whats this gun worth ? is it a valued antique or a low end semi fraught with issues..such that no one ever bought or sold one ?

cheers gang...

keep your eye on the EE.. maybe I'll be trading for a decent 12g pump soon :)
 
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I looked at buying one. They're supposed to be an OK cheap semi. Not great and not particularly durable. This information is from memory and second hand. Someone more knowledgeable will come along.
 
The Winchester Model 140 is just another version of the Winchester Model 1400.The Winchester Model 2400 and 1500 were other versions.All used the same action but had different grades of wood and finish.

They were not a high quality shotgun and the two Model 1400 and one Model 1500 that I owned all had jamming problems.
 
I had a 2400 that worked well with full power, heavy loads. Anything lighter and it would try to double feed to or fail to eject. Good guns, just find the right load, and don't stick your thumb in the ejection port for any reason ever. All I'll say is this, that extractor will punch through your nail like a hot knife through butter...
 
pharaoh2 said:
I had a 2400 that worked well with full power, heavy loads. Anything lighter and it would try to double feed to or fail to eject. Good guns, just find the right load, and don't stick your thumb in the ejection port for any reason ever. All I'll say is this, that extractor will punch through your nail like a hot knife through butter...
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Ouchy!! I bet you'll only do that once.:redface:
 
I took it out last night to see how it would cycle with some cheap #6 loads...I only brought 3 shells with me as it was getting dark and I only wanted to be sure it would go bang... seemed to shoot fine, eject, and reload as fast as I could squeeze them off..

I did see one thing that I thought was a problem tho... the spring loaded plate that must be nudged in to load the shells from the bottom seems to get hung up on the face of the magazine follower... it wouldnt go in deep enough to load a shell, I had to push the follower in about a millimeter so the plate would clear it enough to permit loading.

is there an adjustment some place to move the follower ?
 
MudChucker; I did see one thing that I thought was a problem tho... the spring loaded plate that must be nudged in to load the shells from the bottom seems to get hung up on the face of the magazine follower... it wouldnt go in deep enough to load a shell said:
That is normal. That's how the action is locked open when the gun is empty.
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so I took the winchester and about 40 clay birds out today and shot off a bunch of rounds... no jams, no problems... for a cheap gun it seems to do the job it was built for as well as it should.

thanx for the info folks :)
 
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