cleaning winchester 290 problems... need help...

[g19fanatic]

My father had this old winchester 290. It is in great condition but by his account has never been cleaned

we took the action apart and cleaned it all like crazy. We had one hell of a time putting the spring back in w/ the bolt but managed ok... expect the bolt will not go all the way back... it stops 1/2 the way and wont go any farther.. almost as if the spring isn't correct... but I do not see how else it could be...

anyone with experience have some tips?

 

[robmints]

Sounds like you have the bolt halves turned. Make sure you have the bolt in the cocked position and rotate the lug in the front of the bolt until it lines up with the lug in the back. I do not have the winny you speak of but if you need a pic of another similar bolt let me know. And you need to pull the trigger back or depress the retaining pin/latch to let the bolt slide back in too.

 

[g19fanatic]

What's strange is that when I just have the spring and the bolt in, it still will not go all the way back... I will attach a picture of what I mean in a few minutes

edit: attachments added...

1 picture of the bolt in without me pulling it back, 2 of how far I can actually pull it back... As far as i can tell, the spring is in all of the way... but I haven't taken it all apart to see if that is the problem

 

[robmints]

oh. it's a semi. my bad. A picture is worth seeing. there are 2 springs, right? One for the bolt one for the pin? What pushes the pin spring back? The bolt or the bolt spring?

 

[robmints]

http://stevespages.com/pdf/winchester_190.pdf

 

[g19fanatic]

There is a whole other assembly (with the other spring) that goes in after the one in the pictures. I believe that should be ok... Really just hoping that I do not have to take the stock completely apart and that I'm just missing something small...

 

[g19fanatic]

http://stevespages.com/pdf/winchester_190.pdf

Yep I've seen that one... Without that manual I probably wouldn't have been able to put the spring back in...it wasn't exactly easy to do...

 

[tdt91]

oh crap. If its anything like the 190 it is a major pain in the ass to put back together. The designer of this gun should have been shot by it.
I spend a coupe hours trying to get the spring and all back in. it's been a couple years now so I'm sure the trick I figured out has been forgotten.
The triggers on those things are horrid.
I would start over if I were you.

 

[robmints]

I think the 190 and 290 are the same except for the stocks.

 

[g19fanatic]

I do think that they are the same

Well...after a few hours of fussing...i managed to put it back together...
Had to apply A little more muscle than I thought I should have but that was about it...i guess the frustration finally got to me and instead of the normal result when that normally happens...it worked out :-)

Now I'm ready to bring her to the grove to test out

Thanks for the help and interest fellas