Smith in Columbus, OH?

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wjg686

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I have my dad's ca. 1940 Western Field by Browning 12 gauge pump with fixed full choke. It's a nice trap gun. Today, it ceased to give me a second shot, failing to chamber the second round. It went into battery and the firing pin clicked each shot, but the second shell was in the base of the receiver each time, chambering and firing fine on a repump. The gun continued to fire flawlessly with each first shot when I went back to singles.

What could the matter be? Can I fix it myself, or can someone suggest a smith, as the title asks? Thanks to all.

Bill
 
The closest one that I know of that I have had work done by is Whitetail Gunsmithing in Loudonville, OH. 419-994-4919. Both the guys in there do awesome work and are really reasonable on prices, at least I think so. I know they can get backed up so I would call them and see if they can handle it.

Past that I know of a guy that does things one day a week at Norton Sporting Goods. They are right in Norton and do some good work on guns. The shop is roughly an hour north of Columbus just off of 23. There are big signs on the highway, really hard to miss. They are my local gun shop, they can help you better then anyone. 740-726-2616
 
If Vances is still in business on east side, call them for advice. They should know everyone around there and their reps.
 
Thank you both. I'll make some calls. This isn't a high-end gun, but it has lots of value to me, and I'd rather shoot it than just look at it.

Bill
 
Western Field what model? They cross reference store brands to OEM's in the back of the Numrich catalog, and it looks like nearly all the W. F. shotguns were originally Mossbergs. No Brownings listed in there. I was looking, cause I wanted to see if there was the possibility of an exploded view of the gun, so you might look into it yourself, assuming you have good gunsmith like screwdrivers or whatever is needed to protect the screw heads. If you have a digital camera, it might help during disassembly to take closeups for reference upon reassembly. And Numrich would be a good place to look for spare parts if there is something broken, and you can find the OEM model number from crossing it.
 
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