gun jamming
A friend has a smith an wesson model 1000 shotgun he's having jamming issues in cold weather while pheasant hunting.He thinks the shells are the problem as the plastic seems very hard and maybe not being allowed to extract,or is it a spring issue.Thanks in advance.
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Springs and dirt/oil. They don't like cold weather. 0 -
No offense intended toward your friend, but it's been my observation that at least nine out of ten semiauto firearms which develop functional issues just need good thorough cleanng/lubrication.
The fact that this gun's problems seem to arise in cold weather points toward this issue.
My advice would be to completely strip the gun down, clean and lube everything, then assess.0 -
well knowing my friend like I do he's very picky about his toys he's also a mechanic so he's not afraid to tear down and clean and I read the post back to him and he said he's stripped it down and cleaned it but he also said he's put a light coat of teflon on it and wondered if that had something to do with it. He also said he's tried different shells and brands and the only difference he's noticed is that 3" gives more problem then 2 3/4 less jams with the shorter shell. 0 -
which model 1000 is it the regular 2 3/4 or dose it have a 3" chamber in the waterfowler model or is it the super 12 ???? 0 -
S&W 1000 auto?
I'll bet 10 to 1 the rubber shock absorber has disintegrated, the piston pin has bottomed out on the bottom of the mag tube slot, and the mag tube has deformed hanging up the action bar.0 -
There's also the possibility that he is using the wrong oil or too much oil. Autoloading guns of all kinds need to be lubed with a thin oil that does not greatly increase its viscosity in cold weather. Read the label. Too much oil tends to accumulate dirt and crud which also leads to poor functioning. 0
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