buffalohunter
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I got my grandson a Mossberg 500C Bantam 2 barrel combination 20 gauge. Yesterday I sighted in the deer barrel. I rested the wooden forearm on a sand bag and upon firing normally, I noticed the action had fully opened, ejecting the fired hull. After repeating this several times I tried firing it holding the forearm with my hand. The action opened partially but did not eject the hull. I have fired the shotgun barrel with light skeet loads and never experienced the action opening. I was using Federal 3" with a Barnes sabot slug with the rifled deer barrel. The heavier recoil obviously opened the action, but is this normal ?
Also, with the rear Williams sight at its lowest setting it still grouped 3-4 inches high at 50 yards.
As a side experience, I had to file the shotgun barrel extractor slots on the shotgun barrel deeper to reliably extract fired hulls.
Frankly, since police and military use this action I expected better performance.
Also, with the rear Williams sight at its lowest setting it still grouped 3-4 inches high at 50 yards.
As a side experience, I had to file the shotgun barrel extractor slots on the shotgun barrel deeper to reliably extract fired hulls.
Frankly, since police and military use this action I expected better performance.