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#1 ·
Hey there!

I am a new owner of a Winchester SX4 and sadly I was only able to purchase a "fixed" magazine tube one. Is there any way of removing the magazine spring retention cap and all of the magazine parts, for cleaning? So far I was only able to press the tab in of the retainer and rotate it, but I get zero upward motion. Am I doing something wrong? I dont want to destroy the little plastic piece, since so far I couldn find a way to order a new one either.
 

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#4 ·
I don't know how it happened, but I think the problem is the end of the mag tube is "dimpled" or slightly bent in, around the retainer. That is why it won't just slip out. At this point all you can do is depress the tab on the retainer, then use pliers or similar to pull the retainer out by the mag cap detent, which will probably damage the retainer, the detent and possibly the end of the mag tube. And once you replace those parts, you will need to figure out how to remove those dimples on the mag tube. By the way, did you buy this new or used?
 
#5 ·
Hi there!

Yeah that is what Im afraid is the problem too sadly. It was a brand new purchase, and I do know it is the fixed mag tube modell (2+1), but somehow I cant believe that you cant clean and service the magazine of a gun, just because it is fixed. I dont really care about the plug, since 3 shots is enough for my situatian anyway, but the lack means of cleaning my gun is infuriating to say the least. I have tried to reach Winchester in both their US and EU sites and contacts, but apart from a smaple text of try to reach my own countries representative I didnt get an answer.
Sadly I couldn even locate a sitewhere I could get this piece of plastic in the EU, even tho it is not a regulated piece in any of the nations.