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I recently inherited a Winchester Model 190. I went through and cleaned it up and it seems to cycle well.

The trigger is extremely heavy and long though with probably a half inch of creep, to the the extent that it can't be right. It does fire fine. Just wondering if this is a common issue with this model, or maybe something is fouled up in the trigger mechanism? I did try partially disassembling and cleaning it as good as I could, flushing it with solvent, and that didn't really help.



I do see some trigger assemblies on sale on ebay. I don't want to spend $80 to get the same thing, though.

I have owned one since I was 15 (1st gun I ever bought) the trigger was like that from day one . You may be able to change the springs but it may not help , just enjoy the old thing like it is ,it ain't never going to be a tackdriver so go kill cans and squirrels and let her be.

Ps clean it good but beware of the long ass mainspring it can be a bear to get back in!!

I think that I've owned at least one of every variety, lever/pump/semi-auto, in the 150/250/255/270/275/190/290 series of Winchester rimfire rifles and have never found a way to improve the trigger pull to be anything nearly as crisp a my previous generation Winchester 77. The Winchester 275 is my favorite .22 MAG rifle, but I'd like it even better if the trigger was more crisp and less mushy. The only variety that I know that I haven't owned in that series is the Winchester 150, the lever action version with a straigh grip stock. Other than cleaning the trigger assembly and lubricating it with graphite car dooe lock spray, I think that with those triggers it is pretty much a case of you get what you get.

I decided to put my trigger scale on it and it was right around 10 lbs with about 1/4" inch of creep.

Now, I am not a trigger snob, but that is rough! Were your other 190s that bad?

You are pretty well stuck with the heavy trigger. Any attempt at lightening the pull can cause doubling or worse. Every one of these series rifles I have worked on has had a bad trigger, some worse than others but none good.