Help with Winchester 1400

[Jake L]

First off an introduction. I have been reading the forums for a long time, just never had a need to post till now. I'm a student in Arizona, and an avid hunter/fisher/shooter/archer... typical guy in a forum like this. Thanks to everyone for their contributions to this great forum.

I was just cleaning a Winchester model 1400 MkII. (Despite the guns mixed reputation, this one has performed flawlessly since around 1980, give or take a few years.) I removed the trigger assembly, and began to wipe some of the dust and gunk off, when I heard a small clink. There on my bench was a tiny little metal clip of some kind. It must have fallen out of the trigger assembly. I cannot for the life of me figure out where the little thing goes. I tested the trigger, hammer, safety, etc for function and everything seems fine. But regardless, I need to get that little clip in place before I can consider using the gun.

I've explored the interwebs for exploded views and takedown instructions and photos but cannot in any of them identify this piece. If anyone could identify it, or point me in a good direction, that would be very appreciated.

And hopefully the three included pictures work...

Thanks,

Jake

 

[Steve C]

Here is the schematics of the Winchester 1400 http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Products.aspx?catid=7433 and Winchester 1400 MkII http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Products.aspx?catid=7433. Perhaps one of these will help finding the location of the clip.

 

[Jake L]

Thanks for the links, but I looked through those and couldn't identify it.

 

[rcmodel]

Possibly the guard pin retainer spring out of the trigger guard hole/holes?

But thats just a WAG.

I think I can almost see something like that in the front hole on this guard.
http://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/1400-1500-online-parts/6600A2250

rc

 

[FROGO207]

The part you have pictured is the carrier support spring IIRC. Winchester used it on a lot of different models. I will try and find how to reinstall it for you. It might take a bit to find the manual unfortunately. It works in conjunction with parts numbered 37 and 38 on the Numric diagram.

 

[Jake L]

Thanks so much FROGO207. I have been fiddling with it and googling things for hours trying to figure out where and how that little thing goes. I tried putting it all back in without, just to try to learn more about the problem. The feed ramp has too much play without it, and its causing the action to jam-- just cycling without any shells.

 

[FROGO207]

Here's a picture of how it goes in.
This should help.

 

[Jake L]

Thanks to FROGO207 for providing a great picture. That did the job.