grimreefer
Regular
- Location
- Vancouver Island
I have one of those Ricol short barrel O/U shotguns. This is my first over/under, and I'm just learning how it works. It has strong ejectors, two triggers, and a mechanism to enable the individual ejectors after a tube has been fired.
It was a bit stiff, and I've put a bit of work into polishing up the surfaces where the ejector nubs ride in the receiver etc. That has helped, but there are a couple spots in it's operation that could use some tuning I think...but I can't figure out what to work on.
Namely, there is a sponginess in the last little bit of travel on opening. ie. if you unlock the action, and relatively gently push down on the forend, it will eject the shells and stop, but you can apply more pressure to open the action past this point, and it has some spongy resistance. It doesn't seem to be coming from the ejector mechanism, and I don't think it's from the "cocking bar" (dunno what this part is actually called...runs along the bottom of the receiver and activated by a nub on the forend). Also, if I remove the stock forend, the spongy resistance disappears. The cocking bar is quite loose when it's cocked, and that seems to make no difference in terms of the sponginess.
The other area that I'd like to improve is the last tiny bit of travel on closing. Even with the lever cranked over as far as it will go, there is a noticable stop and resistance just before the action closes. I've put a little bit of radius on the edge that pushes the "locking bar" (I'm just making these terms up here obviously) back, but that didn't seem to help. I think I could do more work here but wanted to make sure I wasn't going to mess something up, especially if the issue is elsewhere. The fact that it feels the same whether I crank the lever over makes me think it may be something else.
Neither of these things I'm complaining about matter much if it's operated with authority...I just think it would be a lot nicer if it worked more smoothly.
Thanks for any help.
It was a bit stiff, and I've put a bit of work into polishing up the surfaces where the ejector nubs ride in the receiver etc. That has helped, but there are a couple spots in it's operation that could use some tuning I think...but I can't figure out what to work on.
Namely, there is a sponginess in the last little bit of travel on opening. ie. if you unlock the action, and relatively gently push down on the forend, it will eject the shells and stop, but you can apply more pressure to open the action past this point, and it has some spongy resistance. It doesn't seem to be coming from the ejector mechanism, and I don't think it's from the "cocking bar" (dunno what this part is actually called...runs along the bottom of the receiver and activated by a nub on the forend). Also, if I remove the stock forend, the spongy resistance disappears. The cocking bar is quite loose when it's cocked, and that seems to make no difference in terms of the sponginess.
The other area that I'd like to improve is the last tiny bit of travel on closing. Even with the lever cranked over as far as it will go, there is a noticable stop and resistance just before the action closes. I've put a little bit of radius on the edge that pushes the "locking bar" (I'm just making these terms up here obviously) back, but that didn't seem to help. I think I could do more work here but wanted to make sure I wasn't going to mess something up, especially if the issue is elsewhere. The fact that it feels the same whether I crank the lever over makes me think it may be something else.
Neither of these things I'm complaining about matter much if it's operated with authority...I just think it would be a lot nicer if it worked more smoothly.
Thanks for any help.
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