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shazamm. Got the new tube in the mail this weekend. I installed it in the stock and no more bind on the buffer. After I got it all together I ended up doing what Joseph Scott said and to bend the catch upward(toward the reciever) and hooray, the bolt catch worked. Cycled it a couple of times and it still works, all I need now is magazine door spring, butt sling swivel 1 mainspring key screw and some stain and it will be ready for the rifle range. Thanks for everyones help on this board don't know what I would do without you'all Thanks again Joe Elliott

The tube is pretty much junk, the top of the tube that goes toward the reciever has a crack about 3 inches starting from the reciever end and going down. It looks like when Winnfield converted to a sporter they did not cut the circumfrence of the channel big enough in the stock. So intern it looks like they drove the tube in with a punch and a hammer. I suppose I could tig the crack back up but for all the effort and cost in materials it was just cheaper to order a new one. Thats a shame because the gun except for the stock and bluing appears all orignal. From what I have read in the Johnson book and on this website it has the orginal barrel and sights bayo lug , and not tapped for scope. It is a very sharp looking gun, I would just like it to fire. Thanks again Joe Elliott

Thanks for the help. Before I completley removed the tube from the sporter stock I tried what you had said but it still would not work. So I'll have to wait until I get the replacement parts in the mail before I can do any more examination. Thanks again Joe Elliott

Just would like to say I received a new stock from joe scott for my dads jsar I got him for (a late fathers day present) for his jsar. The workmanship is exqusite and I would highly recomend it for anyone who needs a replacement. But I also have a couple questions. When we got the stock in the mail I imeditly got about to taking the Winfield stock off and found a problem. When we went to take the tube out of the butt stock I noticed that some genius had cracked it and tried to braze it back together(very poorly I might add) Also I had to take a brass rod to drive it out of the stock, the new stock it appears to free float, I have since ordered a replacement and want to know if this would cause the bolt not to stay back? The gun does have a bolt catch in it but I do not think that the bolt is going far enough back to engage the catch. Any one else had this problem? Dad has had this gun for about seven years and we have yet to fire it really would like to try it out. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Joe Elliott