Hello,
I purchased two of those Wild Bodie Tom Load 6 kits for a Winchester 97, and I can not, for the life of me understand why I'm still only able to load 5. Invariably, the 6th shell sticks out by about a half an inch. And its a hard STOP, not just a tight spring.
I have a take-down model, and made sure I bought the take-down spring and follower. Hell, I even bought the second one to make sure the first one wasn't a mistake in some way.
I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong. My magazine tube is 16-inches, which, as I understand, is the standard length. The tube is smooth and doesn't appear to have any dings in it.
I'm getting desperate and more than a little frustrated, and figured that, if anyone could answer this question, the cowboy action community could. I would sincerely appreciate any help that could be offered.
Additional information: As I lacked confidence in my abilities to do much more than miss a target, the first instillation was done by a 'gun-smith' who somehow, in the process, managed to scratch up the barrel and receiver, messed up a cartridge retention arm (which he 'fixed', but is now weak), and only managed to get the thing to hold 6 by moving the barrel band forward by a quarter of an inch, effectively breaking the take-down mechanism, and insuring that the threads of the magazine only half-way engaged when assembled... (I managed to fix that myself, as you get real brave when you just want the bad men to stop hurting your baby. It even clicked back into place as it to say this is where I was meant to be.) The second installation was done by me, because I figured I couldn't possibly do worse. At this point I may also try to fix the retention arm myself.