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Hi Guys, I was after some advice about an issue with my A612. Its been happening for about 2-3 months now on a dozen outings or so. Sometimes when I pull the trigger I hear a click but the cartridge doesn't fire. A second squeeze of the trigger doesn't work and I have to manually eject the cartridge before continuing. It has never happened twice in a row and has only happened on the initial shot once or twice. More often than not it is during shooting (which is pretty annoying when you need a second or third shot..!) When I inspect the cartridge there appears to be a mark on the percussion cap of the cartridge from the firing pin. The cartridge fires second time fine if I reload it into the shotgun so doesn't seem to relate to specific cartridges. I use 28-32g 5-6s and it seems to have done this with most cartridges I use. I have cleaned the A612 in depth including the gas piston and removed all the carbon. Since then it has repeated this problem. Has anyone had the same issue or know of this issue? And if so does anyone have any advice/ways to fix this? Even if you haven't had this issue if anyone has any gen about possible ways to fix this I'd be grateful (cost me a couple of Mallard this evening... ) On a sidetone I have looked on the internet for replacement bolt group assemblys but haven't had any luck so far. I'm unsure of the age of the shotgun but have used it for about a year now and bought it second hand.