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I have removed the ejectors. I gave them a good old clean out. A bit of Colour came out. Re oiled and reassembled. Its definitely better since the almost entire rebuild. I can’t help but doubt myself on weather something is wrong or it’s just how a nearly new gun of this sort is. I know it’s not the best quality and I’m used to well worn in guns (40 years old at least) The actual workings of the action are fine as I can cock it and operate it by hand when removed from the stock is there something in the forend that could be a bit tight? the noise is coming when the ejectors are released. I’ll shoot it this Saturday. Based on the noise I’m expecting the spent cartridges to fry further then the shot. May least I’ll get a bit stronger. I just need better ear defenders then I can ignore it 😂

so ive stripped it all back and cleaned it all. Re oiled and its still quite stiff I can locate the sharp loud nose to the ejectors when they release. Is this normal for ejectors to make such a high pitch "CLICK" Ive owned a good few guns and never noticed a noce like this or anything being at stiff. Thoughts.?

Ok guys Thanks for your help. Im currently soaking the action in some WD40. The action doesn't seem ridiculously dirty but still could definitely do with a clean. Ill keep you all posted after i reassemble. Thanks again.

Yeah that’s probably a good start. I actually just whipped the but pad off and the screw that holds the action on is rusted so I think it’s definitely been stored wet by the wolly I bought it from. Any advice on what to clean it with if it’s full of crud or rust? I’ve seen people using brake cleaner. Thoughts? Thanks

Hi all. ive recently bought a second hand betinsolli diamond and it was a good price and I had the barrels blacked. Now I hadn’t fired it and I’ve now reassembled it and it’s extremely tight when opening it and cocking it. Some very high pitch clicks when I fully open it. It doesn’t feel rite at all. I dry fired it once of twice before and i didn’t notice it being tight. It’s got me totally miffed. the Barrels had corroded so could moisture have got inside and corroded the action? Thanks Pete

mine are the same. If you look in my profile pic you can actually see. keep me dry as a bone but they have the opposite effect on women i can assure you!

Cracking bit of kit that!!! I have exactly the same. Silent when walking!!

Agree with Scully, I run a similar shoot. 150 birds a year (just to do our bit) and lots of food. We get about a 40% yield. however we did tag our birds for 3 years and got less then 10% of our birds. Not a huge deal of work after set up and great casual fun with friends. the real proof is that if you have all of these shoots dumping 1000s of birds every year then why isn't the British country side stuffed with pheasants in September November the following year? bearing in mind that most shoots are happy with a 40% return. over half the birds are left to breed. they are not suited to our eco systems here.

The main issue here is the type of bird. Pheasants are not native to the uk and are predominantly from Asia. They are ground nesting birds and would normally chose wetlands to do so ( great protection against land predators) . In the uk ground nesting birds do not survive very well due to predator numbers hence the reason that the uk's ground nesting birds generally lay high numbers of eggs (the numbers game). If you combine the fact that all pheasants in the uk are reared up in hatcheries and are semi domesticated it doesn't bode well for much chance of survival. I have read somewhere that after the start of the season 6% will survive to the following year. I think this is down to luck and they will generally fall victim soon after. I have seen the odd breeding females with some chicks and sadly watched her clutch decrease day by day.

When cocking my over and under baikal by opening the gun it has started making a very loud sharp clicking noise. It is noticeably stiffer to open than it was before this started happening. I know its a cheap gun but i have had it since i first started shooting and love it. After a damp evening shooting i left it until the next day to clean and this is when it started, any thoughts?

Well I must say !! That is not at tall sporting!

Jeesus every one is getting a hormonal here. Pull your tampons out of your barrels for a second. Lets be honest here if I could whack a bird out of the sky then I probably would but Then again I don't kill for just fun alone I eat what I kill. Please teach me what you have learned as it will save me a shed load of money!!!

condition? stock length?

A hypothetical question here. If a shotgun was bought years ago not on a ticket but as a wall hanger before the laws where enforced like today can it be put onto a ticket. The gun is not deactivated but just has the firing pins removed. Can this be placed on a ticket so it can be used as normal?