-Mongrel- Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 (edited) Ok, it's a new gun to me, and as you do, I was 'playing' with it earlier. It has snap caps that were in and I was pulling the trigger, however, I found that it was only 'firing' once. When I pulled the trigger again there was nothing, if I set and unset the safety it would then fire the other barrel. Does it need a cartridge fired in it to reset the trigger? Have I set something and not realised? Or, is it going straight back to the gun shop? It's 10 years old but the condition suggests very light use. Edited July 29, 2011 by -Mongrel- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Take it back. My Betty diamond doesn't behave like that :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the enigma Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I've got a Lanber Sporting that does exactly the same. It's the recoil from the first shot that sets the trigger to fire the second shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Ok, it's a new gun to me, and as you do, I was 'playing' with it earlier. It has snap caps that were in and I was pulling the trigger, however, I found that it was only 'firing' once. When I pulled the trigger again there was nothing, if I set and unset the safety it would then fire the other barrel. Does it need a cartridge fired in it to reset the trigger? Have I set something and not realised? Or, is it going straight back to the gun shop? It's 10 years old but the condition suggests very light use. Most guns do just that when "dry" firing them, as the enigma said, it's the recoil from the first shot which sets the mechanism to switch to the second barrel. You can usually replicate this by smacking the butt pad (moderately hard) after the first trigger pull then the second barrel will "fire" and both snap caps will eject. Mr Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted July 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Thanks for the answers, had me panicking a bit. Shot with it today and as per usual, the biggest problem is the user, not the tool! Was just a case of the trigger not resetting due to no recoil, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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