To remove the plug from a Winchester Ranger shotgun, first ensure the shotgun is unloaded and pointed in a safe direction. Then, locate the plug inside the magazine tube, usually accessible by unscrewing the end cap or the magazine cap. Once the cap is removed, you can slide the plug out from the magazine tube. Reassemble the shotgun by securely replacing the cap.
A shotgun typically stores 5 rounds in its magazine. In some countries, when hunting certain types of game, you are only allowed 3 rounds in your magazine. The "plug" therfore goes into the magazine and takes up the space that two rounds would occupy., reducing the shotgun's magazine capacity be 2 and making it legal. Thus removing the plug restores the shotgun's capacity for a full magazine.
You should be able to unscrew the cap on the front of the magazine tube.
If you are referring to the magazine tube plug. The answer would be No. It is put there for bird hunting regulations only.
The purpose of a plug in a shotgun is to limit the number of shells that can be loaded into the magazine, ensuring compliance with hunting regulations. Typically, a plug restricts the magazine to hold only two shells, allowing for one in the chamber and one in the magazine, which helps promote sustainable hunting practices. Additionally, using a plug can enhance safety by reducing the likelihood of overloading the firearm.
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When hunting, most states will require that a shotgun not be able to hold more than 3 shells- the plug blocks the magazine to limit how many shells. When not hunting, the plug is not required. It IS required when hunting any migratory bird- such as ducks, geese or dove.
This is not possible except with an extended magazine and no plug, If you do not have an owner's manual for your shotgun, contact the manufacturer.
just unscrew the endcap to the magazine tube and insert a small flat-tip screwdriver and push and turn, the spring and plastic plug can then be removed.
If it has a tubular magazine, then the plug is probably inserted in there. When hunting, a shotgun is typically not permitted to be loaded with more than three rounds (including the one in the chamber), and the plug is required to ensure the shotgun is not loaded with more than that. It comes out easily enough.
Limits the number of rounds which can be loaded. Typically, in US laws for waterfowl hunting, a repeating shotgun is only allowed two rounds in the magazine, and one in the chamber, for a total of three rounds.
Remove the gas system. Drift out the black cross pin out of the magazine tube. The pin is directly below the gas system through a polymer plug. The polymer plug should come out of the top of the magazine tube when you remove that pin, so be VERY careful when removing the pin. Now remove the magazine spring. On the follower end of the spring should be the plug you are wanting to remove. Remove it from the spring. And put the spring and polymer plug back in. The dished end of the polymer plug goes toward the end of the magazine tube.