Haven't known enough about it to know what to describe--I was told that it didn't work.
I can force seven rounds into it, but the follower is very balky--it pushes down and stays, with kind of a "raspy" feel of metal on metal. The ammunition almost feels like it doesn't fit (its the same white-box Winchester I shoot all the time). The first round has to be prized out, the rest can be knocked free and fall out but the follower does not rise to follow; it only comes back to the top of the magazine by "backing" the winding lever and forcing--pushing--it to the top.
The winding lever rotates less than one full turn, and there is only one detent in which to lock it. There is virtually no spring pressure on winding--at least with no rounds in place. In taking the lever backward, about halfway through there is a springy "thunk".
Are there diagrams or blueprints of these things anywhere?
--Dwight
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