Scary day!
Posted by Greg Ragan on April 8, 2022, 1:21 pm
Just took the old 118 year old 16 gauge out for Chukars today and after a few birds the gun fired when I closed the breech! Shot right into the ground a few feet away thank goodness my gun safety rules were drummed into me from childhood! I loaded back up and closed the gun and it happened again! Uh oh. I gingerly closed the gun and eased the lever over by hand and all seemed good until the next bird flushed and no bang. Another bird and I ended up killing it with the second tube. Anyone know what is going on here? I can see the firing pin visible when I open her up, but every time I close the beech without easing the lever over by hand it fires into the snap cap.
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