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I know most of you deal with rifles, but I'm hoping some of you might know a thing or two about shotguns also! So I'll post this here, in addition to on the shotgun forum:
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Erik, That gap is as designed. The case sticky issue is not uncommon, the first thing I'd do is really clean the chambers (000 steel wool wrapped on your cleaning brush chucked into a drill), plus try some different flavors of shell. Reloads are notorious for sticking in new guns (< 2,000 shells = new to me) and some brands work better than others. | |||
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Thanks for the input Yeti. Could you tell me why they made this gap in the design? Since no other shotgun I know of has them? As for reloads, I only reload for rifles. So the shells have been store bought. And have consisted of quite a lot of various makes; Eley, Federal, Remington, Norma and a few others. The odd thing is that this only started happening after a few hundred rounds were shot. And not in the beginning. So I wouldn't think the chamber is tight. I haven't used steel wool like you mention, but have used a bronze brush. It didn't seem to make a difference... The importer is sending it to a second gunsmith, and it'll be interesting to hear what he eventually finds out. | |||
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All of the Fox SxS's have that gap too. I'm interested to hear what the B-smith has to say. *wondering* It's possible that the chrome lining is a bit thicker than usual? | |||
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Some folks around here use their fired hulls as snap caps when releasing the hammer tension before storing their guns. The fired hulls remain in the chamber during storage and rust forms between the hull and the chamber. This is probably the number one cause for sticky cases around these parts. | |||
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Malm, Nope, don't have that habit. And with my climate it wouldn't be a big problem anyway even if I did I think. Thanks for mentioning it though. | |||
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Hi Eirk, I would be surprised if the gun is already off-face having so few rounds fired through it. You've probably already check for this, but try assembling the barrels on the gun but leave the fore end off. With the gun closed see if you can determine any wobble of the barrels. If so, then either the pin or the hook has worn. This can be repaired by a good gunsmith familiar with doubles. If the barrels are tight, see if there's any gunk in the ejectors, check for a broken spring. I only have one ejector gun, a Parker DE, all my other sxs's are extractor guns. I hope this helps. | |||
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