Browning BPS 12 ga
I have a BPS that I bought over 20 years ago and due some unusual circumstances I never fired it until this past week.
I found that it would not load a new round into the chamber. It would extract and eject the fired shell, but would not remove an unfired round from the magazine tube.
I noticed that the end of the Left shell stop is visible outside the magazine follower while the Right shell stop is hidden inside the tube. I can manually depress the left shell stop and the round will pop out of the tube. Is this normal? Are the shell stops adjustable? I would like to get some idea of what is wrong before taking it to a gunsmith.
Also, can anyone in the St. Louis area recommend a gunsmith?
Thanks,
Ron
I found that it would not load a new round into the chamber. It would extract and eject the fired shell, but would not remove an unfired round from the magazine tube.
I noticed that the end of the Left shell stop is visible outside the magazine follower while the Right shell stop is hidden inside the tube. I can manually depress the left shell stop and the round will pop out of the tube. Is this normal? Are the shell stops adjustable? I would like to get some idea of what is wrong before taking it to a gunsmith.
Also, can anyone in the St. Louis area recommend a gunsmith?
Thanks,
Ron
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ron, I just pulled out both my 12ga BPS and 20ga BPS shotguns and examined the mechanics. On both guns, the left shell stop did not pull 'inside' the receiver wall until about the last 5/8 - 3/4 inch or so of rearward movement of the forend. I can manually depress the shell stop and another shell will immediately 'sneak' by and be ready for feeding, so just about everything sounds normal to me. I wonder if a little penetrating oil or lubricating oil on the length of that shell stop where it runs length-wise along the receiver might cure your problem. Maybe some tiny rust formed along that rail/receiver mating surface over the years, or it just gummed up sitting over the years (factory lube dried out and got crusty?), and its just needs to be 'broke loose' and lubed. It doesn't sound like anything mechanical is broken. Not much can go wrong on a Browning pump. Ditto for an 870. After lubing, depress the curved end a bunch of times as deeply as you can inside the receiver wall. That shell latch/catch doesn't have to move very much to function properly. 0 -
Makindo,
Thanks, I will try that, it sounds logical as it has sat for so long.0 -
Oh, forgot to mention that the shellstops are fixed and non-adjustable. The Right shell stop that is 'hidden' deeper inside the tube prevents a second shell that is already inside the magazine tube from feeding and 'jambing' the action. A better way of wording this: It prevents multiple feeding jambs. Once the first shell is feeding into the chamber, the right shell stop allows the new shell in line to pass by, and then the left shell stop takes over again, and you know the process. 0 -
The early BPS had a MAGAZINE CUTOFF just like some military rifles Do you have this turned off or on [?][?][?]Holding the gun upside down look between the forearm and just in front of the loading/ejection port . Do you see the two letters "S" and "R" single shot & repeater.[?][?] if so see the 1/2 inch long ring around the magazine tube it will rotate and you can line the white index mark to the letter it is not on currently and you will have a repeater[:p][^] all donations can be sent to me [:I][:o)][:D] Cheers Karl. 0 -
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My money is on Perry Shooter. My guns were from the mid-90s. But I remember seeing ads in outdoors magazines sometime during the 1980s for Browning BPS shotguns with the special 'magazine cutoff' feature.0
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