Arbor
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I recently acquired a Beretta A L2 shotgun in 12 gauge, 2 3/4" only in almost new condition. I really like the shotgun, but today I finally got to take it out and put a couple boxes of shells through it, and I must say I was disappointed- I didn't make it through a single magazine without a jam! The action works fine, but the recoil isn't enough to push the bolt back everytime, so the shells either don't eject at all or they just barely eject but it doesn't feed another round in. Working the action fixes the problem 100% of the time, so I am inclined to think that there is too much resistance in the action, either from crud buildup or some other problem I can't find. Either way, it only only successfully cycles a round about half the time at best. :banghead:
When I got home I gave the entire gun a thorough cleaning, and I found the action was pretty gunked up, so I'm hoping that cleaning and oiling it will help the problem. Hopefully in the next couple days I'll be able to take it out again, but in the meantime... any idea what's wrong with my gun? Everything looks perfect as far as I can tell, and I've had it apart several times for cleaning. The only part that I couldn't figure out was how to take off the buttstock in order to clean the recoil spring, and I can't find anything about it in the manual from the Beretta website. Anyone know how to do this? Anything else I can try aside from cleaning?
Thanks
When I got home I gave the entire gun a thorough cleaning, and I found the action was pretty gunked up, so I'm hoping that cleaning and oiling it will help the problem. Hopefully in the next couple days I'll be able to take it out again, but in the meantime... any idea what's wrong with my gun? Everything looks perfect as far as I can tell, and I've had it apart several times for cleaning. The only part that I couldn't figure out was how to take off the buttstock in order to clean the recoil spring, and I can't find anything about it in the manual from the Beretta website. Anyone know how to do this? Anything else I can try aside from cleaning?
Thanks
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