musicmatty
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I have the good fortune of owning 2 Winchester 12 gauge model 120 rangers. One of these started to double feed recently. The gun would only double feed after firing approximately 6 shells. I can never get it to double feed just cycling the action and not firing with just putting shells in the chamber and then ejecting. This was all normal function until actually firing the gun.
I inspected the ‘ shell stop arm’ and it looks and operates perfectly fine. I also inspected the ‘throat piece at the end of the loading tube just below the chamber for any cracks or looseness and it also looks to be perfectly fine.
So here’s the curiosity… I swapped out the trigger group from the other model 120 and the problem is now solved… No more double feeding. Both shotguns operate perfectly fine With each other’s trigger group in the other gun. After swapping out the trigger groups, I tested each shotgun with firing no less than 50 rounds through each gun on this afternoon. I shot a mix of birdshot, buckshot and slugs.
To me, this is a true curiosity… I have never seen anything like this
I inspected the ‘ shell stop arm’ and it looks and operates perfectly fine. I also inspected the ‘throat piece at the end of the loading tube just below the chamber for any cracks or looseness and it also looks to be perfectly fine.
So here’s the curiosity… I swapped out the trigger group from the other model 120 and the problem is now solved… No more double feeding. Both shotguns operate perfectly fine With each other’s trigger group in the other gun. After swapping out the trigger groups, I tested each shotgun with firing no less than 50 rounds through each gun on this afternoon. I shot a mix of birdshot, buckshot and slugs.
To me, this is a true curiosity… I have never seen anything like this
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