J
Jeff, CA
Guest
That's "interferes with unloading".
A newbie buddy and I tried his new 870 Express on our local informal trap range this past weekend. I brought along some PMC Quail & Dove; he had a 100-pack of Federal "Special Purpose" (2 3/4", 1 1/4 oz. of #7 1/2, 3 dram, I think - hardly "special"). The PMC worked fine in his gun and mine, but with the Federal, on at least half the shots, his gun would seize up just as the bolt unlocked, and had to be butt-stroked to get the empty out.
The fact that the gun worked fine with PMC led me to think his ammo was probably the problem. Has anyone heard of Federal "Special Purpose"? Is this the code name for "cheap crap"? He said it was priced about the same as the PMC, about $4 per 25.
On the same gun, when unloading manually (pushing shell stop aside to let each round out of the magazine), the carrier seemed to stick down too far, and it was preventing the round from popping out. It took several thumb-busting tries to get each round to clear the carrier. Will this get better with use, or should it be easier even when it's brand new?
A newbie buddy and I tried his new 870 Express on our local informal trap range this past weekend. I brought along some PMC Quail & Dove; he had a 100-pack of Federal "Special Purpose" (2 3/4", 1 1/4 oz. of #7 1/2, 3 dram, I think - hardly "special"). The PMC worked fine in his gun and mine, but with the Federal, on at least half the shots, his gun would seize up just as the bolt unlocked, and had to be butt-stroked to get the empty out.
The fact that the gun worked fine with PMC led me to think his ammo was probably the problem. Has anyone heard of Federal "Special Purpose"? Is this the code name for "cheap crap"? He said it was priced about the same as the PMC, about $4 per 25.
On the same gun, when unloading manually (pushing shell stop aside to let each round out of the magazine), the carrier seemed to stick down too far, and it was preventing the round from popping out. It took several thumb-busting tries to get each round to clear the carrier. Will this get better with use, or should it be easier even when it's brand new?