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SP1 difficult to open


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just been doing some clays,popped in 2 gamebore 28gr 7.5 70mm carts & after firing found i couldn`t open my shotgun,a bit of perseverance and brute force got it open,i carried on seemed to be ok if a little tight opening & closing,i had some hull comp x`s left & these were no bother at all went back to the gamebore and it happened again,anyone know why this might happen or is it just a case of swerving these particular carts? (btw its a silver pigeon 1 12g) thanks.

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I had that a couple of times the other week on my new SP1. It seemed to be the ejector binding a bit. One ejector arm seems to come out fairly easily and the other doesn't and I think the easier to remove one, for the bottom barrel, may have slightly come out of it's guide causing the difficulty.

 

I will be monitoring it as if it happens regularly it will have to be sorted. At the moment I'm hoping it's just part of the bedding in process.

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being a bit stiff is one thing but on three occasions it was literally seized shut upon trying to open it would break only sufficiently enough to slide a piece of paper between,before needing a worrying amount of force to open fully.In hindsight i wish i`d checked the spents to see if like HDAV said the primers may have punctured,just hope i haven`t done any damage forcing it,

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this happend to a new sp1 i bourght back last year on the first outing,,it had something to do with the barrel selector and the saftey catch both getting stuck in the half way position.dont know how as i never used them ! i took it straight back to the gun shop who un jammed it,,with force i beleave ! fired a load of carts through it and gave it back saying it seamed ok now,,,2nd time out with it,,it did the same again...took it straight back again and they swaped it no questions asked for another new gun...plus 4 boxes of carts for the hassel ! the second gun has been faultless and i really enjoy shooting it...

if its a new gun id take it back and ask for a replacement !

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