Browning Silver Hunter Problem

bshefa · September 29, 2009, 11:33 AM

I have a Browning Sliver Hunter that I have had for 2 years. I have shot approx 1000 shells through it dove hunting and shooting skeet. A week ago the gun developed a tendency not to load the second shell in the magazine. It will hang up on the feed ramp and require manual extraction. The gun has been taken care of and cleaned regularly. I completely broke it down and cleaned it again and still the same problem. Interestingly if only two shells are loaded it will cycle both but will not cycle a third. This happens about 70 percent of the time. I have tried two types of ammo (winchester and remington) both cheap but never had a problem with it before. I really can't see any visable crud or damage. Any ideas?

bshefa · October 2, 2009, 12:02 PM

The magazine follower in the tube had crud all over it... cleaned it and it fixed the problem. Never would have thought to pull that thing out.

September 29, 2009, 11:33 AM	#1
bshefa Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 185	Browning Silver Hunter Problem I have a Browning Sliver Hunter that I have had for 2 years. I have shot approx 1000 shells through it dove hunting and shooting skeet. A week ago the gun developed a tendency not to load the second shell in the magazine. It will hang up on the feed ramp and require manual extraction. The gun has been taken care of and cleaned regularly. I completely broke it down and cleaned it again and still the same problem. Interestingly if only two shells are loaded it will cycle both but will not cycle a third. This happens about 70 percent of the time. I have tried two types of ammo (winchester and remington) both cheap but never had a problem with it before. I really can't see any visable crud or damage. Any ideas?

October 2, 2009, 12:02 PM	#2
bshefa Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 185	Figured it out! The magazine follower in the tube had crud all over it... cleaned it and it fixed the problem. Never would have thought to pull that thing out.