Browning B2000
My dad was having problems with his B2000 20 guage ejecting the spent shell and having to manually extract it. I figured it needed the gas piston cleaned, so I downloaded an owners manual and stripped it down, cleaned the piston parts, and put it back together. We tried it out over the weekend and it's still not right. It will kick the shell out, but stove-pipes the empty. I took the barrel off and checked the gas ports and they were clear, but haven't taken the piston down again, to check if I didn't get it back together correctly. Any ideas?
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hello-are the b2000 20 gauge guns built on a smaller reciever or are they just a 12 gauge receiver with a 20 gauge barrel on them? 0 -
they are usually a less expensive gun (for a browning) and were not very popular. Brownings first attempt to get away from the a-5 and move toward modern technnology of gas operated action (they shouldn't have bothered) but then, the remington model 59 was no jewel either.
its basically the same as the Beretta , The 2 3/4 inch chambered barrel had two gas ports to cycle with lighter loads while the 3 inch chambered barrel had one gas port. The 3 inch barrel would not cycle light loads reliably. Therefore you had to own multiple barrels for different types of hunting. the barrels can be more expensive because they have choke tubes
So if you use the 3 inch barrel, you probably have to shoot three inch shells (or magnum 2 3/4 powder loads) to get it to cycle.0 -
After I bought my B2000 for 3" shells, found it wouldn't cycle the
lighter loads. My only problem was the length of the fired shell
would get stuck in the ejection port opening. Not a stovepipe, but
the entire length got hung up. It would have worked fine with
rolled crimp shells. So I ran some slugs thru it (2 2/4") with the
rolled crimp and it shot straight.
The pheasant trip went like this, fired 2 quick shells at the
bird and missed and the 2nd shell got stuck in the port. I cleared
it fast and got the 3rd shell chambered and now the bird is 80 yards
away and I hit it dead. Fell thru a tree beyond heavy brush, my dog
went thru the brush and sat down next to a dead bird.
I sold my gun and you may have better luck my .02 cents.0
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