kody Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Picked up a zabala today sxs non ej Wildfowler after firing both barrels and opening gun to pull spent ammo out I found that I had to put a fair bit of pressure down on barrels for the empties to miss top of action and same when reloadind gun not all that old Is this something easy to rectify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 If fairly new It should work looser, but there will always be some difficulty in opening the gun after firing it because on the down stroke (on opening the gun to extract the fired cases) you will feel the resistance of the springs.........as it is re cocking the gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 When I had a brand new zabala sbs it was always hard to open after firing, I've had new guns in the past that haven't been that tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 As soon as you fire it - open it fully then close it again, now open it again to see if that's easier - if it is then the "problem" is simply powerful hammer springs. If its still stiff then first thing I would try is a different cartridge - I have a Silver Kestrel that's made by the same company and have exactly the same problem with some cartridges (to a point where I sometimes have had to hit the barrels with the palm of my hand to get them open) - I have found that simply changing cartridges cures the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunman Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Sounds like a case of "over cocking " This is when the sears engage the hammer bents early so that the downward pressure of the barrels on the cocking dogs has to be maintained to compress the mainsprings . This may be a matter of living with it as it is not an uncommon problem , Having the inside work regulated to ease if not fully cure or the simplest old bodge is to tighten the forend so that there is less spring through friction . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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