Originally Posted by
DJfan
It has a serial number from the 1943 - 1948 range, where Winchester lost the paperwork.
It fired like a dream, but I had two issues. The first was that the gate for loading it would hit the rim of the round loaded in there already. I had to REALLY push to get them loaded at first. I also couldn't really find the aim. After trying a bunch of stuff, and shooting all my ammo at the range, a guy next to me offered some advice. It turns out that he is a gunsmith. He pointed out the back sight has a secondary adjustment. I tried to loosen it, but it needs some lubricant or heat put on it to get it to budge. I will get to this soon.
I shoot my lever guns quite often. A little trick in loading - don't push the round all the way in if you're going to put another in the tube. Leave the cartridge stick out a bit. You can hold it with the finger tips of your left hand to keep it from popping back out(or your thumb depending on how you're holding the rifle). Then run the next cartridge right behind it and push them both in. Continue this until you load the last one and push that one all the way in. It makes life a lot easier.