mendevelium Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I was shooting with a friend yesterday and he decided to shoot at a target from the hip (it was safe) with his overandunder shotgun; and both barrels went off- the result of this was that now the top barrel fires before the bottom barrel. How can he get it to get back in sync? Should he try the shot again to get the cycle the correct way round?! P.S. He does not have a barrel selector which could have got knocked. Many thanks for any suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendevelium Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Plus is it now dangerous gun- hopefully this is not a major defect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning525shooter Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 I would have that looked at by a gunsmith ASAP, both barrels firing a the same time would put a strain on the gun that it is not designed to take and by continuing to use it you will damage it further. :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 a double discharge is not something you want a gun to be doing. Had one at my clay club last weekend and i ended up with a thankfully unloaded 12b pointed in my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 the only thing i can think of is the gun was double discharged through lack of holding, it makes you jump the first time it happens, the inertia of the gun hits the trigger a nano second after causing the second barrel to fire, i would firstly take off the stock and look at the mechanics of the selector, inertia trigger hammer, work the triggers against a stop and watch the action to see if anything has disloggeed or broken, a smith will sort out a major problem as said but still think a look yourself wouldnt hurt, it's nice to know why things happen. Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendevelium Posted May 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Thanks everyone- you all have been most helpfull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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