Browning Maxus with Challenger shells, any problems??

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Having recently purchased a Browning Maxus Wicked Wing, I have been experiencing problems with loading Challenger #9 shells. The problem is not ejection, it is on feeding. The gun has jammed when shooting the second shot on doubles and also when I have dropped the first shell into the open chamber and pressed the bolt release button. The front lip of the shell gets caught as it is about to enter the chamber and actually gets slightly bent open.

Any comments from Maxus Wicked Wing owners experiencing similar problems.?
Ejection is not the problem, feeding is the issue but I have only tried Challengers to date.

I am gong to try switching to Remington Gun Clubs and other brands to see if this occurs again.
Any advice from Browning Maxus owners would be appreciated.
Thank you.

(same topic posted in SHOTGUN forum)
 
I cant recall using challenger shells in my maxus but I have used several different brands and NEVER had any jams of any sort

the challenger shells would NOT feed in my norinco trench gun
 
here's a problem for you...

Here is one I cant figure out. Yesterday I went out to shoot a few pigeons who have been freeloading in my barn. I loaded 3 challenger #9 1oz first class target loads into a browning gold 12ga autoloader. After determining there were no pigeons to be shot, I proceeded to unload the shotgun. State of the gun at the time was safety on, one round in the chamber, two rounds in the magazine. The gun is in excellent shape, has never malfunctioned and in excellent condition and well maintained. As i began to pull the bolt back with the operating handle, the round being extracted went off. There was one big bang, and the noise was incredible. After I came to my senses and determined that I had all of my fingers and was not bleeding from anywhere, i examined the state of the gun. there was an empty hull in the action with the primer, brass and base wad all separated just laying there. The bolt was locked in the rearward position, and an unfired shell laying on the magazine ramp. There was also a wad sticking half way out the end of the barrel. I took the parts of the exploded shell out and removed the live shell on the carrier. There was no shell in the magazine, so the remnants of the shell in the action, was actually the second shell. I found the first shell ejected on the ground, crimp still intact, but the shot and wad had blown out the side of the shell. The brass base and primer were missing (still cant find them). The base wad was still in the hull. As near as I can recollect, there was just one big bang. It appears that the first shell detonated as it was being extracted, driving the bolt back, releasing the second shell, which made it partially into the chamber before going off. The primer of this shell did have a straight edge mark on it like it had been struck by the bolt face. It was blown up at both ends. All of this with the safety on and my finger no where near the trigger.

I disassembled, cleaned and inspected the gun. Not damage and it functions perfectly. (with federal ammo this time :))

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I changed shells and shot three boxes of Remington Gun Club and did not experience any feeding problems. The Challengers have a deep lip with the crimp much lower and the plastic hulls seems soft. The Remington GC crimp is flush with the leading edge of the hull and the plastic hull is harder. I think this is the difference why the Challengers did not feed correctly.
 
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