DA Grizzly FTE - problem found and fixed!

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So I was out shooting last weekend and my 12" (tube fed) Grizzly wouldn't eject the shells. I bought last fall used and have run all kinds of ammo through it without a problem.

It looks like the ejector might not be grabbing it completely and the shell was removed easily with a knife. I also noticed that the firing pin isn't hitting the primer dead center, not sure if this is normal or related (I honestly haven't noticed before because there's never been an issue).

I gave it a good cleaning and everything looked OK. I'm hesitant to disassemble the bolt/extractor assembly after almost loosing a tiny spring on my CZ858. Anyone ever have a problem or see anything like this?

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And before anyone asks, it is chambered in 3" and 2 3/4" shells!
 
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The firing pin of center isn't a big deal it still hits fine..

Most Domion arms don't like steel cased ammo use high brass and you shouldn't have a problem I found mine would become hard to pump it went away after many rounds but it still happens once in a while.

Just bash the the rubber (on the stock) against a rock or something hard while holding the pump it will force the round out
 
I've shot a couple hundred rounds through it, both steel and brass, target ammo, slugs, buck shot. Last weekend I shot a mix of everything and all had the same results.
 
Finally found the time to solve the FTE issue. There is a little metal strip behind the barrel, it looks like some sort of spring retainer. Anyways, it was raised up just enough to catch that side of the shell, holding it back as the ejector/bolt assembly pulled it back. A little tap with a small wooden dowel and she's good as new. I just got back from testing it out and it works great! I ran 25 rounds of buckshot threw it and it didn't skip a beat. It must have gotten bent the last time I gave it a good cleaning.

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