OK, I can't post digital photos (no digital camera), and my nomenclature skills on shotgun internals are not the best, but I'll give it a, er, shot (as it were):
I was using dummy rounds to polish up my moves with my new Speedfeed III PG-equipped tactical ubergun. When my PD moved to PG-equipped SGs I had a little trouble adapting readily, so I modified my HD SG to the specs I use on-duty. Anyway, I was working away, and suddenly the gun failed to go into battery when I pushed the forearm forward. I paused, looked through the ejection port and, seeing no cause for the bind, pulled back and pushed forward again, more forcefully. No dice.
I pull back again, roll the gun over, dropping out the dummy rounds, and clear the tube. This is what I see:
Looking through the ejection port, on the far wall of the reveiver, there is a slot running fore and aft. In that slot is a piece of springy steel, anchored in front with a pin and free to push outwards at the rear. The bolt has travelled behind the end of this piece of steel, which has popped out in front of it. Thanks to my initial and secondary (more forceful) attempts to get the gun to go into battery, the bolt pushed forward and bent this piece completely out of whack.
Yes, I can and will probably just haul this SG to my department gunsmith, who will be able to fix it quickly, and likely for free. I'm just curious exactly what happened and why. Was the bolt travelling too far aft, or is the springy steel bit to blame (and what exactly is its name? )
Also, is this common? I've never heard of this happeneing before, so I'm guessing 'no.'
Thanks,
Mike
I was using dummy rounds to polish up my moves with my new Speedfeed III PG-equipped tactical ubergun. When my PD moved to PG-equipped SGs I had a little trouble adapting readily, so I modified my HD SG to the specs I use on-duty. Anyway, I was working away, and suddenly the gun failed to go into battery when I pushed the forearm forward. I paused, looked through the ejection port and, seeing no cause for the bind, pulled back and pushed forward again, more forcefully. No dice.
I pull back again, roll the gun over, dropping out the dummy rounds, and clear the tube. This is what I see:
Looking through the ejection port, on the far wall of the reveiver, there is a slot running fore and aft. In that slot is a piece of springy steel, anchored in front with a pin and free to push outwards at the rear. The bolt has travelled behind the end of this piece of steel, which has popped out in front of it. Thanks to my initial and secondary (more forceful) attempts to get the gun to go into battery, the bolt pushed forward and bent this piece completely out of whack.
Yes, I can and will probably just haul this SG to my department gunsmith, who will be able to fix it quickly, and likely for free. I'm just curious exactly what happened and why. Was the bolt travelling too far aft, or is the springy steel bit to blame (and what exactly is its name? )
Also, is this common? I've never heard of this happeneing before, so I'm guessing 'no.'
Thanks,
Mike