Last Fall and this winter I was able to scoop one each of these old shotguns. One has some local history attached, while the other one doesn't. I took them apart and made sure they were in good enough condition to shoot, refinished the stock on one.
This afternoon I got the bright idea to take them both out to a little pasture where there are a few gophers. I got one shot off and found I couldn't eject the spent shell.
It seemed that the bolt wasn't able to come back far enough. Hmm. The other one was the same. Back to town. Didn't get the first one fully apart and I saw the problem. Both had the doohinkey that the stock screw goes into installed upside down. One side has a place hollowed out for the bolt to pass by. Okay, now we're getting somewhere. Changed them both.
After supper I picked up an old buddy and we went out of town a ways and tested them. Worked like a charm. We continued on a cruise and managed to blast a skunk into the next world.
The 620's are simple to take down, IF you know what you are doing. I found an excellent video on Youtube this winter, and had to refer to it again this afternoon.
Here's the address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg6XLH4GOpc
This afternoon I got the bright idea to take them both out to a little pasture where there are a few gophers. I got one shot off and found I couldn't eject the spent shell.
It seemed that the bolt wasn't able to come back far enough. Hmm. The other one was the same. Back to town. Didn't get the first one fully apart and I saw the problem. Both had the doohinkey that the stock screw goes into installed upside down. One side has a place hollowed out for the bolt to pass by. Okay, now we're getting somewhere. Changed them both.After supper I picked up an old buddy and we went out of town a ways and tested them. Worked like a charm. We continued on a cruise and managed to blast a skunk into the next world.
The 620's are simple to take down, IF you know what you are doing. I found an excellent video on Youtube this winter, and had to refer to it again this afternoon.
Here's the address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg6XLH4GOpc
