New firing pin

[1Ab]

Good morning all,

 

I am new to the fourm and to shooting.

I recently bought a bettinsoli and shortly after buying it I was having missfires on the bottom barrel.

I took it back to the shop and it turns out the bottom firing pin was corroded so the gunsmith replaced it for me. 

When I got home I wanted to test that it's all in working order. 

I put my snap caps in and pulled the trigger and I got a click pulled the trigger again and another click. I had the barrel selector set to bottom barrel first then top. 

When I switched the barrel selector to top barrel first I can only fire the top barrel and nothing happens when I pull the trigger again. 

 

Is this normal?

Is it the inertia trigger ? 

Why does it work when u/o is selected but not o/u?

 

[mossy835]

what you need to do is.pull the trigger then tap the butt and the other barrel will fire.

[Mr gen]

31 minutes ago, mossy835 said:

what you need to do is.pull the trigger then tap the butt and the other barrel will fire.

+1

 

[1Ab]

Thanks for the responses. 

I gave it a go and that worked, had to give it a good thump on the floor to switch over.

Also managed to drop my snap caps onto my stock and gave it 2 dents 🙄 so frustrating.

 

Just out of interest does anyone know why the u/o sequence does not require bump to the stock to switch the barrels ?

Is the u/o sequence mechanically linked and the o/u sequence requires inertia from recoil to switch? 

 

[mossy835]

because when the gun is loaded and you fire it, the shock of the carts will set it to the other barrel.all you need to do is tap the stock with the palm of your hand, dont hit it on the floor to hard.

Edited December 4, 2021 by mossy835