P03 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I was on the phone to the gun shop yesterday, no chance of a fix before the weekend. It had to go back to GMK, so must be something a bit hard to deal with. He said it should be back by january/february, which doesn't sound that soon to me! Only good outcome is that they offered me another beretta to put on my ticket until it's back. It's a 15 year old 686, which probably isn't much different to my SP? My mate may also have a gun for me to borrow, so I'll be ok to shoot either way Glad it turned out ok mate, I'll look forward to meeting you on Saturday. BTW I stripped my sp3 when I first got it didn't find any **** in it tho'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Well the gun went into the shop today. The guy said at first that there would be a two week wait but after I explained that it was only six weeks old, bought from him, and I needed it over xmas and I didn't have another gun he said he would get the gunsmith to look at it as soon as he arrived. If it's not fixable, then I can borrow a miroku from them. Not an ideal gun for me, but it's very kind of them to offer all the same, and at least I can go and miss a few like I usually do anyway! He seemed pleased that I wanted the auto safety removed too, as it saves him having to put it back together. Could have been worse, at least I have a gun for the weekend i hope all goes well with the fix buddy, i dont want to hear excuses for the misses on the 23rd. its not an un-common thing with berreta that manufacturing debris has been left in the action, seen many 682/686 onyx an others, including a rather posh DT10 that came from Wales to Canada that also had "junk in the trunk" , not to say Berreta are a bad company to deal with, they aint, but it has been know for a while now the quality has suffered, it almost comes down to when you buy a new gun the first thing to do is strip it to see for yourself, if you dont have the nessasary skills im sure a smith will, i have been doing this for years myself, all my guns are stripped from new, its kinda like, if you want it right do it yourself, another point from LG on the pins, as said its not recommended to dry fire, but with the materials and treatments around today its not the end of the world, my main competiton guns have the pins renewed every year, not for fear of breaking but for excessive wear on the tip's, its a killer when you hear a click and not bang when the pin only dents the primer, when their put away the hamers are dropped "click click". Martin Yeah till you buy a Bettinsolli abd find your firing pins are mild steel I couldn't beleive it he dry fired it all of 3 times or so and the Damage was beyond beleif. The other good point about stripping the gun from new is you can give it a good start in life by oiling the cams and pins lightly and i tend to smear a tad of grease on any mild steel components to keep the damp and rust from. The Shotguns Mechanism is NOT as complicated as some people think. But as said IF your not sure get a smith to do the work. LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I'm not totally sure of the workings, so I leave well alone. Shame really, I'm quite interested in learning. Maybe I should offer to help the local 'smith for free for a couple of days to see how things work. I find offering free labour a clever way to learn most things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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