Helping a Double Shotgun fall open
I am trying to build a shotgun to play cowboy games and am having some trouble. It is a Fox BST-sav 311 in 20 ga. I replaced the hammer springs with wolff 30% unders, shortened the toplever spring, shortened the rod that engages the safety, polished the forend iron and receiver where they meet, oiled evrything with a good oil, but the gun is still so tight, it is much better than it was, but still tight. Anyone have any idea on how to improve it? Thanks,
rich
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Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0 -
Ditto. Some will just be tight. I've got 4 O/U shotguns by the same maker, 3 fall open, one requires you to pull it. Just shoot it until the stiffness eases out. I like using bore butter on mine. Probably costs a lot more, but seems to work really well.
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The Fox B won't fall open because you have to cock two hammers on opening and the barrels are pretty light.
An external hammer gun or a 12 gauge with heavy barrels might be a better choice.0 -
Can't disagree with anything already said. On a shotgun I had I found the fore-end applied a lot of force to the receiver due to a very tight-fitting latch. I gave it a little clearance that helped a lot. On that gun I wasn't looking for 'fall open'. It was new and a onager to open with hammers cocked or not. Depends in this case on how the fore-end to receiver is made and the type of latch or holding device. Hope this helps. 0
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