I have a winchester winder musket 3rd model 22 short,  it will extract the shells but not really eject them,  is this correct or should there be some type of spring to assist in the ejection?  under the forearm in the very front of the receiver there is a little screw, if there is supposed to be a spring is this where it would go?
Also if there is supposed to be a spring where might I beable to purchase 1 ?  Ive had this gun for a couple of yrs and just now getting around to playing with it.  I am wanting to turn this rifle into my main squirrel hunting gun, so soon as I get the action all figured out I will be have a 2nd barrel relined to 17HM2,  Im guessing there should be no troubles with this caliber in the 44 action.
any help would be appreciated

thanks James

Here are some places to try;

Jack First (605) 343-9544

Ballard Rifle Co. 1-866-997-4353

I have found these little piano wire springs at gunshows too.

Bob

I called both places mentioned above and neither have the springs
would anyone have 1 they could take a picture of so I can see what I am dealing with if I decide to try to make 1 ?

thanks James

well my plans changed today,  I still would like to find a ejection spring, but now I am just going to rebarrel the winder, the original barrels rifling was nasty, and I  already had  a extra very nice winder barrel , thought I would have the barrels swapped, then reline the bad barrel for the 17 mach2,     well I ran across a deal today at the gunshow that I just couldnt pass up,  bought a uberti low wall in 17  hmr.  I hope I didnt make a mistake but the gun was a really fair deal in my opinion,  not too much more than it was going to cost me to have the reline done on the winder.  the uberti barrel has been cut down from the original 30 inch to 24 inch, which suited me just fine, as soon as  I can locate a smaller tube type scope I will mount it on the uberti and it will become my squirrel rifle.  I will start another post on what malcom style scopes would be best for my intentions with the gun,

thanks stevec,  the guy who is going to do the barrel swap for me also said he could make 1 for it,  Ill go look and see if I cant just buy 1 already made up

thanks gang