Auto feeding problems...

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jfrey123

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The long story is available for anyone who requests it, but here's the basic.


I just picked up a Browning Auto-5, capable of 2 3/4" or converting to 3" magnum. Went out and shot it the first day, shot great.

Second time after a lesson from a gunsmith on assembly and the order of those rings, it will fire, and blow back enough to re-cock itself, but not quite far enough to eject the shell.

Put the rings back to the way they were before the gunsmith educated me, and it still won't eject. The smith tells me that it's the ammo I'm shooting, saying that the cheap wal-mart stuff isn't manufactured well enough to move the old tension spring in my gun. I've never heard of something like this and wanted to find out if anyone else had heard of it.


First time out: Shot AA SuperSports with #8 Bird and also some Federal Reserve blue box 00 buck. Worked great.

Second and Third time: Federal Reserve blue box #8 and #7.5 birdshot, and it failed to eject.

Sorry to ask, but I haven't had a chance to go out and burn up the left over Winchester to test this theory.
 
your gunsmith is probly right. try some different loads and see what works. a friend of mine has an older auto (I belive it's a remington copy of an old browning) doesn't cycle with dirt cheap loads but works perfect with remington nitro golds.
 
I agree it may be the loads you are using, but not because he says it`s the cheap Wal-Mart loads. Wal-Mart doesn`t manuf. ammo.Those shells are manufactured by well known companies like Federal,Winchester and Remington. Most of the loads they sell are for light target loads. (trap and skeet). Try heavier loads and see what it does.
It may also be too much of the gases are leaking past those rings. I`ve used the Wincheter AA Sporting clays in my auto scattergun with no problems
 
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