New gun ....ok .../ I wonder if its been in inventory for a long time ?? Give us the serial number and we can date it for you.
Put a few more boxes thru it .... and concentrate on resetting the trigger ( just like you would on a semi-auto handgun ) you can feel it reset ...and if its 100% you're good to go / just need to be aware of letting it reset. Make sure when it fires / you're holding it tight ...so the system sets for the 2nd barrel.
Not to insult your intelligence...but..
The safety is a combination switch ...safety goes on and off ....and barrel selector switches to which barrel fires first Over or Under. In general, you should shoot the bottom barrel first / to give you less muzzle rise on the 1st shell ( the recoil is more on center line of gun ). But my point is, switch it - load both barrels shooting top first / then bottom and see if is still mis-firing. Then load both barrels - shoot lower first / then top ---and see if its mis-firing. It may give us another clue.
Taking a new O/U apart is pretty easy / but if you have not done it ...I understand your apprehension. But I have to tell you / sometimes I find a little too much grease and junk inside the action on new guns than I would have suspected - since they're shipped from overseas ...its probably for the best / but its better to get it cleaned out / lubed properly inside. You do have to be careful - and have a long screwdriver ...and sometimes the stock bolt ( inside the stock ) is locktighted pretty tight ( you take the recoil pad off first with phillips screw driver ) ....but you do need to be careful so you don't crack the stock or scratch something. Its easy to do / but I've taken 100 of them apart .... and I take all my O/U's apart about twice a year for general preventive maintenance ....but the first time, is the hardest ...
Talk to your buddies / and get comfortable with it before you try it.../ and I hope just shooting it makes it go away ...but you never know.
I still would not ship it to Browning ( its a hassle to ship a gun - and you'll be lucky to get it back in a couple of months - unless you have an authorized Browning service center near you - where you can drive there / and unless its a specialy gun shop that really knows what they're doing ....giving it back to the shop .....is a really bad idea.
You'd be lucky if anyone in most shops has ever cleaned a shotgun properly / let alone ever taken a stock off. 90% of the guys that call themselves gunsmiths ...I wouldn't trust with my tools / let alone any of my guns ...
let us know if your next test works out better.
Put a few more boxes thru it .... and concentrate on resetting the trigger ( just like you would on a semi-auto handgun ) you can feel it reset ...and if its 100% you're good to go / just need to be aware of letting it reset. Make sure when it fires / you're holding it tight ...so the system sets for the 2nd barrel.
Not to insult your intelligence...but..
The safety is a combination switch ...safety goes on and off ....and barrel selector switches to which barrel fires first Over or Under. In general, you should shoot the bottom barrel first / to give you less muzzle rise on the 1st shell ( the recoil is more on center line of gun ). But my point is, switch it - load both barrels shooting top first / then bottom and see if is still mis-firing. Then load both barrels - shoot lower first / then top ---and see if its mis-firing. It may give us another clue.
Taking a new O/U apart is pretty easy / but if you have not done it ...I understand your apprehension. But I have to tell you / sometimes I find a little too much grease and junk inside the action on new guns than I would have suspected - since they're shipped from overseas ...its probably for the best / but its better to get it cleaned out / lubed properly inside. You do have to be careful - and have a long screwdriver ...and sometimes the stock bolt ( inside the stock ) is locktighted pretty tight ( you take the recoil pad off first with phillips screw driver ) ....but you do need to be careful so you don't crack the stock or scratch something. Its easy to do / but I've taken 100 of them apart .... and I take all my O/U's apart about twice a year for general preventive maintenance ....but the first time, is the hardest ...
Talk to your buddies / and get comfortable with it before you try it.../ and I hope just shooting it makes it go away ...but you never know.
I still would not ship it to Browning ( its a hassle to ship a gun - and you'll be lucky to get it back in a couple of months - unless you have an authorized Browning service center near you - where you can drive there / and unless its a specialy gun shop that really knows what they're doing ....giving it back to the shop .....is a really bad idea.
You'd be lucky if anyone in most shops has ever cleaned a shotgun properly / let alone ever taken a stock off. 90% of the guys that call themselves gunsmiths ...I wouldn't trust with my tools / let alone any of my guns ...
let us know if your next test works out better.