Alex C Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Evening All, I have a Lincoln 12 g O/U which I use as a second gun for friends to use if I take them clay shooting. Its not worth a lot but it does come in handy now and again. I lent it to a mate who's gun had bust the other night and it was not shooting the second barrel every time. Seemed better when switched to shoot bottom barrel first but still not perfect. Anyhow, I have since taken it apart and given it a clean, I didn't seem that bad but was a little dirty. I cleaned it all out and gave it a light oiling and put it back together. Now when the gun is cocked the first barrel will dry fire and an immediate second pull on the trigger will fire the second barrel. Now my Miroku wont do the second barrel unless I either switch barrels manually or give the butt pad a bash. Question is should the Lincoln not need the recoil to set the trigger for the second barrel or is the mechanism different ? Is it still safe to shoot ?? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Different mechanism on the Lincoln. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uk Guy Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hi I have a lincoin my son uses and ours will shoot top and bottom with two pulls of the trigger. My beretta needs the selector switching but not the lincoin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 A friends gun which is a plain quality Lincoln will occasionally fail to fire the second barrel, i highly doubt his gun has been cleaned since his father bought it second hand years ago, his also lets both barrels off every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 DW, that is usually the fiddly selector not throwing the sear lifter over enough from one sear to the other. So both sears get lifted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAsh Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Is the safety switch hard over to one side to select what barrel fires first sometimes it's not right over and causes this problem Some guns are recoil set to fire the second barrel and can fail on very light loads Others are mechanical set to fire the second barrel and have nothing to do with the recoil Easy test is to dry fire if both barrels fire then mechanical if only one fires and you need to hot the bottom of the stock to fire the second barrel its recoil set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex C Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Cheers Fellas, sounds like it operating as it should then. I'll take it out and get a few carts through it and see what happens. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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