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I have several Beretta O/U shotguns. This is the first time I’ve ever taken one out of the box that wouldn’t set the second barrel to fire after the first shot. It didn’t matter if I fired the top or bottom barrel first, the only way to get the inertial trigger to set for the second shot was to smack the butt of the gun really hard with the heal of my hand. My guess was a bit of congealed oil or debris in the trigger group.
Went on line at YouTube to see if others had experienced similar problems and found a video where this was exactly what had happened. The recommendation was to remove the stock and hose the trigger group out with brake cleaner. Not a big fan of brake cleaner as some of this stuff has chlorine in it. Decided to use carburetor cleaner...recommended by a gunsmith I know. 2/3 of a can of carb cleaner later...blew the excess cleaner out with an air duster and then applied some synthetic gun oil. Problem solved.
So here’s the question: The guy that set the video up on YouTube recommended pulling the stock off of every new O/U shotgun and hosing the trigger group out before heading to the range the first time. Does anyone else follow this procedure?
Went on line at YouTube to see if others had experienced similar problems and found a video where this was exactly what had happened. The recommendation was to remove the stock and hose the trigger group out with brake cleaner. Not a big fan of brake cleaner as some of this stuff has chlorine in it. Decided to use carburetor cleaner...recommended by a gunsmith I know. 2/3 of a can of carb cleaner later...blew the excess cleaner out with an air duster and then applied some synthetic gun oil. Problem solved.
So here’s the question: The guy that set the video up on YouTube recommended pulling the stock off of every new O/U shotgun and hosing the trigger group out before heading to the range the first time. Does anyone else follow this procedure?