- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I think I'm stumped. A fellow brought me his 12 ga Winchester 2200 complaining it wouldn't eject. The gun has been well maintained, and while there is extractor wear, its not enough to skip past the shell rim. I gave the gun a thorough cleaning and lightly honed the chamber, assuming the problem was related to the chamber. The gun loaded and cycled normally when not fired, but when I test fired the gun, the slide remained locked solid, and wouldn't cycle. Ahhh, that's what he was talking about.
Removing the barrel was uneventful and the fired shell easily dropped out, so in my mind the possibility that the bolt locking lugs are not disengaging from the barrel recesses was eliminated. But, with the barrel removed, the action could not be moved by depressing the slide release, and the trigger group had to be removed to free the bolt.
Okay, the problem relates to the trigger group. I examined it and discovered that the screw which holds the side plate on was loose, so I tightened it, and test fired the gun again with the same results. It occurred to me that perhaps the slide release wasn't moving far enough when the hammer was in the forward position, so I stripped the trigger group, and slightly opened up the angle of the spring which controls the slide release. Upon test firing the gun again, nothing has changed.
Am I barking up the wrong tree? Is my assumption that the barrel recesses for the locking lugs not being responsible for the problem correct? Any suggestions for things I might check?
Removing the barrel was uneventful and the fired shell easily dropped out, so in my mind the possibility that the bolt locking lugs are not disengaging from the barrel recesses was eliminated. But, with the barrel removed, the action could not be moved by depressing the slide release, and the trigger group had to be removed to free the bolt.
Okay, the problem relates to the trigger group. I examined it and discovered that the screw which holds the side plate on was loose, so I tightened it, and test fired the gun again with the same results. It occurred to me that perhaps the slide release wasn't moving far enough when the hammer was in the forward position, so I stripped the trigger group, and slightly opened up the angle of the spring which controls the slide release. Upon test firing the gun again, nothing has changed.
Am I barking up the wrong tree? Is my assumption that the barrel recesses for the locking lugs not being responsible for the problem correct? Any suggestions for things I might check?
