I've got a single-shot shotgun I need some info on.
"Springfield Model 1929" is all that's on the gun. I know it was made by Savage/Stevens, but I can't figure out what they called the gun when it was sold by them. I'm sure that "model 1929" was a Springfield-only model number, and I'm pretty sure that the same gun was sold by Stevens under their own label. What I can't find out is the conversion.
I need this information, because the gun misfires a lot with Remington 16 gauge 1 oz #8 Game Loads. Federal 1 1/8 oz 7.5s, the only other shells I've tried in it, go bang every time. I suspect that the firing pin is somewhat degraded, as the mainspring seems tight, at least based on cocking effort. I wonder about the hammer and sear, too, because the hammer can be released from the half-cock position by pulling the trigger. When I push on the hammer, it doesn't move, but it clicks forward when the trigger is pulled. I've never seen a half-cock that did that, but then I've never owned one of these guns before either. Should it do that?
Thanks,
--Shannon
"Springfield Model 1929" is all that's on the gun. I know it was made by Savage/Stevens, but I can't figure out what they called the gun when it was sold by them. I'm sure that "model 1929" was a Springfield-only model number, and I'm pretty sure that the same gun was sold by Stevens under their own label. What I can't find out is the conversion.
I need this information, because the gun misfires a lot with Remington 16 gauge 1 oz #8 Game Loads. Federal 1 1/8 oz 7.5s, the only other shells I've tried in it, go bang every time. I suspect that the firing pin is somewhat degraded, as the mainspring seems tight, at least based on cocking effort. I wonder about the hammer and sear, too, because the hammer can be released from the half-cock position by pulling the trigger. When I push on the hammer, it doesn't move, but it clicks forward when the trigger is pulled. I've never seen a half-cock that did that, but then I've never owned one of these guns before either. Should it do that?
Thanks,
--Shannon