Urgent Shotgun Issues- HELP!

Death from Afar · October 17, 2009, 03:31 PM

Team ,we are in the middle of the pigeon shooting time of the year and its been great- around 80 -100 birds per day.

My Benelli M2 is playing up. I noticed it yesterday. When you load a shell into the magazine, 3 times out of 5 or so the shell will no longer stay in the magazine and go straight out onto the shell lifter. I thought I wasnt putting the rounds in properly, but even when they are shoved very hard in, they sometimes go flying out again. Of course, the gun functions OK, but at worst you only have two rounds in the gun!

To recap. Once i load the round into the magazine, as soon as my fingers are clear the round is no longer held in place and goes flyingout onto the shell lifter. Any ideas as a fix? I really would value any help!

Slopemeno · October 17, 2009, 03:59 PM

Sounds like you're having an issue with the shell stops. They're usually two spring-like tabs that keep the rounds in the magazine, and release them at the proper time in the firing cycle. Are they both moving? Do they seem sticky?

Dave McC · October 17, 2009, 07:45 PM

Deep clean the action.

A spray scrubber followed by a blow out with canned air and relubing may help.

Also look to see if seeds or other stuff are impinging on the movement of the shell stops.

musicmatty · October 17, 2009, 11:28 PM

Just had my shell stop replaced in my 20+yr old Ranger 120 12guage. Once you would eject one from the mag tube for loading, they would ALL start to piggy back out together causing a jam.

Sounds like the same problem you are having. Deep cleaning, was not enough for mine at this point...but it may help yours.

Death from Afar · October 19, 2009, 02:42 PM

Gave it a very massive clean- and i mean i was watching three episodes of "deadwood" while i did it. The gun is now as clean as you can get....and that seems to have fixed it.

A useful lesson. Problem is, going out again this weekend and there are many pigeons that need a shootin'.

October 17, 2009, 03:31 PM	#1
Death from Afar Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2004 Location: Living the dream in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Posts: 1,635	Urgent Shotgun Issues- HELP! Team ,we are in the middle of the pigeon shooting time of the year and its been great- around 80 -100 birds per day. My Benelli M2 is playing up. I noticed it yesterday. When you load a shell into the magazine, 3 times out of 5 or so the shell will no longer stay in the magazine and go straight out onto the shell lifter. I thought I wasnt putting the rounds in properly, but even when they are shoved very hard in, they sometimes go flying out again. Of course, the gun functions OK, but at worst you only have two rounds in the gun! To recap. Once i load the round into the magazine, as soon as my fingers are clear the round is no longer held in place and goes flyingout onto the shell lifter. Any ideas as a fix? I really would value any help! __________________ "Beware of the Man with one gun...he probably isnt into guns enough to be safe with it".

October 19, 2009, 02:42 PM	#5
Death from Afar Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2004 Location: Living the dream in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Posts: 1,635	that seems to have fixed it.. Gave it a very massive clean- and i mean i was watching three episodes of "deadwood" while i did it. The gun is now as clean as you can get....and that seems to have fixed it. A useful lesson. Problem is, going out again this weekend and there are many pigeons that need a shootin'. __________________ "Beware of the Man with one gun...he probably isnt into guns enough to be safe with it".

October 17, 2009, 03:59 PM	#2
Slopemeno Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2007 Posts: 2,663	Sounds like you're having an issue with the shell stops. They're usually two spring-like tabs that keep the rounds in the magazine, and release them at the proper time in the firing cycle. Are they both moving? Do they seem sticky?

October 17, 2009, 07:45 PM	#3
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Deep clean the action. A spray scrubber followed by a blow out with canned air and relubing may help. Also look to see if seeds or other stuff are impinging on the movement of the shell stops.