Just bought a Stevens 320 and it malfunctions with slugs and 00 buckshot

[Zach Mettenberger]

Everytime I try to shoot PDX1 slugs or 00 buckshot the pump action sticks and I can't eject the fired shell without applying some serious pressure to it, but I also bought some Winchester super handicap heavy target loads and they function flawlessly. What gives?

 

[jaguarxk120]

Cheap shells.

 

[oneounceload]

Steel head ammo expanding and sticking to the chamber wall. Check for smoothness and if need be, use some steel wool on a dowel in a cordless drill with some oil to polish the chamber

 

[Onmilo]

You gets what you pay for.
That applies to guns and ammunition.

 

[jslshooter]

I don't know about the 320 being "cheap"......my M350 Tactical eats anything and still runs....going on 800+ plus shells currently.

 

[frankiestoys]

I tried one of these or should I say two , 1st one was broken out of the box :banghead: the slide would not lock ,called Savage they replaced it with a new one and told me that this model was not repairable they just send out new ones I test fired the new one 15 times then sold it I didn't have any faith in a gun that can't be fixed

 

[Field Tester]

Looks like it's a 3 inch chamber, so length shouldn't be an issue.

 

[oneounceload]

I don't know about the 320 being "cheap"......my M350 Tactical eats anything and still runs....going on 800+ plus shells currently.

Sorry, when you add at least 2 zeros to that, then you have a reliable gun

 

[19-3Ben]

Sorry, when you add at least 2 zeros to that, then you have a reliable gun

Are you really making the argument that for a shotgun to be considered reliable, one must fire a minimum of 80,000 rounds through it?

Look, you know more about shotguns than I do, and I've always learned a lot from your posts, but that seems an order of magnitude beyond excessive.

I'd bet the number of people who put 80,000 rounds through a shotgun in their entire lives are a small fraction of a percentage.
Heck, I'd be willing to wager good money that no military or police shotgun currently in service has 80K rounds through it. Are you going to argue that all those Mossberg 590s, Rem 870s, Benelli M2s etc... haven't been proven?*

*yes, I know that many cops only shoot for quals, etc... but in terms of a minimum amount of ammo to shoot before considering a gun reliable, if they shot every single day for a whole year (no weekends, no vacations, a full 365 days), they'd need to put 219 rounds down range every single day to get to the point where you would argue the gun has proven itself.