Mr.Gadget
Old Mossy Horns
Just wanted to share something that happened this past weekend, thought it was odd.
Was shooting my Benelli Nova.
Shooting Federal tungsten.
Had fired shells stick in the chamber, the part that was sticking was at the front of the chamber. Like they were glued in. Back part maybe .25" out and would.move but front was stuck.
This only happened if you fired and delayed reloading working the action.
You could fire and reload but give it 30 seconds and it was stuck.
Not sure really what was going on but thinking could be something used to seal the loads. Have also shot some Winchester steel also and others.
It was like glue in the chamber. The plastic was melting or what was in the chamber making the load stick.
Best way to describe it is like in a AK or AR15 shooting lacquer covered steel cases where you get lacquer build up.
I got the gun used only fired it 10 to 12 times. It was a camo and was shooting the same gun in black in the past with same ammo.
My guess was maybe someone was shooting 2 3/4" shells, maybe some type of seal on them or just plastic building up.
Only used the bore snake to clean after using so I got home and looked then cleaned the chamber real good with a chamber brush.
Bore looked new, chamber had a crud ring from my thinking carbon and plastic build up for sealer. Got it cleaned and will give it a try.
Just the funny thing was it only did it when you did not eject the shell after it was fired. I thought it was an action thing but it moved free.
I say this so if anyone else runs up on something like this may not be the gun for say or the ammo, just the nut pulling the trigger that can't see good enough to catch the build up in the chamber.
Plan to shoot it later this week and see if the chamber cleaning did the job.
It was hard to see but you could feel it and see it on the shells.
Was shooting my Benelli Nova.
Shooting Federal tungsten.
Had fired shells stick in the chamber, the part that was sticking was at the front of the chamber. Like they were glued in. Back part maybe .25" out and would.move but front was stuck.
This only happened if you fired and delayed reloading working the action.
You could fire and reload but give it 30 seconds and it was stuck.
Not sure really what was going on but thinking could be something used to seal the loads. Have also shot some Winchester steel also and others.
It was like glue in the chamber. The plastic was melting or what was in the chamber making the load stick.
Best way to describe it is like in a AK or AR15 shooting lacquer covered steel cases where you get lacquer build up.
I got the gun used only fired it 10 to 12 times. It was a camo and was shooting the same gun in black in the past with same ammo.
My guess was maybe someone was shooting 2 3/4" shells, maybe some type of seal on them or just plastic building up.
Only used the bore snake to clean after using so I got home and looked then cleaned the chamber real good with a chamber brush.
Bore looked new, chamber had a crud ring from my thinking carbon and plastic build up for sealer. Got it cleaned and will give it a try.
Just the funny thing was it only did it when you did not eject the shell after it was fired. I thought it was an action thing but it moved free.
I say this so if anyone else runs up on something like this may not be the gun for say or the ammo, just the nut pulling the trigger that can't see good enough to catch the build up in the chamber.
Plan to shoot it later this week and see if the chamber cleaning did the job.
It was hard to see but you could feel it and see it on the shells.