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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
In normal operation, the ejector hammers do not fire when you remove the forend. Your gun has a bit of a problem, one that I have never seen in more than 50 years of buying and shooting Model 21s.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Jurewicz
I thought 21's were like the LC Smith and the ejector hammers return to the uncocked position when forend is removed.
Bob Jurewicz
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Bill, apparently Bob was correct, the ejector hammers are meant to return to the uncocked position when the forend is removed. Mine were doing that , so that was not the cause of the problem I was having.
I took the complete forend assembly apart and studied how it worked, and everything about the ejector system was working correctly. Then I noticed a couple of dimple marks along the inside edge of the cut out for the forend catch spring. One of the dimples was limiting the springs travel upward. So when I was trying to attach the forend the spring was collapsing down inside the forend instead of forward to seat in the indent of the barrel lug. Therefore the spring was in a position that was blocking the forend from seating.
I just took a punch and used it to hammer down the disturbance caused by the dimple, and the spring popped into it's correct position. Now the forend snaps on easily! Ready for dove season next week!
A little exploration lead to the proper function of my Winchester model 21.
Thank God it wasn't anything requiring the gun to go to a smith for repair, or it might have been months before I got it back.
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