Got one brand new, love it, but it's tight. Apparently it's normal, as even hickok45 had that issue in his YouTube review. Any suggestions on how to loosen it up? Tried cleaning, working it, shooting it, repeat. I'm not very knowledgeable about it. I'd like it to open with very little touch or even under its own weight. Thanks.
Huglu SxS hammer gun stiff opening
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Mount Sweetness
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It's gonna take years. You'll end up selling it still stiff.
Haha. Wait till you open some decades old gun thats been rode hard and that drops open under its own weight. You’ll learn to appreciate the tightness of a new gun.
Falconflyer
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I have a Huglu side by side that has about 400 rounds through it and it's still as stiff as it was the day it was new. I expect it will take quite a bit more time to loosen up but I suppose you could sit in front of the tv and open and close it a few hundred times to expedite the process.
I used mortar sand on a baikal sxs that i was breaking open over my knee. Poured it in and spent hours trying to close the action. It didnt work. After about 5000 rounds it started to open easier. Now with about 70 000 rounds thru it if cocked the battels fall under their own weight when the lever is moved. Still good lock up
My huglu 410 is still stiff
My huglu 410 is still stiff
How tight a new gun opens and closes is dependent on the quality of the materials but mostly the fitting during manufacture. Typically guns in the low ( under about $1500) and moderate ( $1500-$5000) price ranges are tightly fitted by machine and not subsequently freed. They are tight, sometimes annoyingly tight, but will ease up with the passage of time as they are fired. This generally takes years and thousands of rounds, maybe tens of thousands of rounds. The gun will continue to loosen up as it is used, so at some point in the future it will be too loose, a sloppy old rattletrap. Cheaper, poorer quality guns will loosen quickly and continue on to the worn out stage quickly. Such a gun might be finished at 5000 total rounds or less while that high quality Beretta or your Perazzi is just starting to break in and will continue to provide superior service for another 75,000-100,000 rounds before needing attention. A new Purdey, Bosis or such will come hand fitted to perfection and that perfection will last well beyond your lifetime but at a cost, maybe $150,000 or more. Bottom line, your extra tight gun is typical in this price range, although occasionally there is an exception. Live with it or pay to have it properly freed.
Do NOT under any circumstance use any sort of abrasive to 'polish' the hinge mechanism to try to speed the break in process, this will result in a nearly new prematurely worn out gun. An expert can do this job (for a price), your attempt would more likely result in disaster.
Do NOT under any circumstance use any sort of abrasive to 'polish' the hinge mechanism to try to speed the break in process, this will result in a nearly new prematurely worn out gun. An expert can do this job (for a price), your attempt would more likely result in disaster.
Well - Do you realize that the gun is cocking the firing mechanism on the barrel(s) that have been fired? That is typically where most the resistance is coming from. You should be able to feel the difference between one barrel being cocked,two barrels being cocked, and neither barrel being cocked. I have a Baikal side by side that is a bear to break. A number of shooters have done mods to the cocking system to reduce this..
You might want to try lubing the cocking arms that run back into the receiver, in particular the drillings they ride in. Of course, I'm assuming you are already greasing or oiling the trunnions, and extractor/ejector slides.
You might want to try lubing the cocking arms that run back into the receiver, in particular the drillings they ride in. Of course, I'm assuming you are already greasing or oiling the trunnions, and extractor/ejector slides.
The OP indicates it’s a Hammer Gun... So it likely has external hammers that have to be manually cocked after loading. As such there wouldn’t be any resistance from cocking anything on opening.
Before i had my daughter id easily shoot a flat a week. Sometimes 2. Trap skeet 5 stand and sporting clays plus informal clays at the farm. It doesnt take lomg to rack up a number of empties. Ive put nearly 40 000 rounds thru 1 gun in a year.
Londonshooter
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I don't know whether it will make an appreciable difference, but I would try removing all grease and replacing with a thin wipe of oil on the mating parts. The more viscous grease can make a tight joint tighter. Just a thought. Obviously that's not going to help with how stiff your top lever spring is.
