I am a revolver guy who recently purchased his first shotgun - it's a side by side, 20 gauge, single trigger model (Stoeger Double Defense).
On its first trip to the range, it fired the first 8 shells just fine. From then on, it would consistently discharge both barrels with a single trigger pull. While admittedly interesting, I figured that it wasn't such a great idea to keep firing a malfunctioning weapon, and put it away after a few of these double-discharges.
When I got home, I called the manufacturer and sent it in for a warranty repair. Benellli sent it back about a month later with a note explaining that the sear was adjusted and the stock was inlet (when I first bought the gun, the fit was terrible and it was very difficult to assemble the forearm).
So last night I took it out for it's second trip to the range. I brought 50 shells with me - the first 36 shots were fine. Double discharge on shots 37-38, and the remaining 12 shells operated fine.
If you guys would be kind enough to answer a few questions for me:
1. Is it unreasonable for me to expect a single trigger shotgun to only fire one barrel 100% of the time, or are occasional double discharges par for the course? In other words, if I want consistent single discharges, should I have bought a double trigger model?
2. Just how big of a concern is this? I'm not so worried about an occasional really big ba-boom, but could a malfunctioning sear eventually cause a hang-fire?
3. From several internet threads, Stoeger seems to be a fairly-well respected company. Did I just get a lemon? Or is this more common than I am aware of?
4. I plan on calling them this morning and sending it back a 2nd time. But if this happens again, paying the shipping repeatedly is going to get old rather quickly. They have already made it clear to me that under no circumstances do they pay the incoming shipping for warranty repairs. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can obtain a replacement?
Thank you for your time, and any comments would be appreciated.
The shotgun in question can be found here - http://www.stoegerindustries.com/firearms/stoeger_double_defense.php
On its first trip to the range, it fired the first 8 shells just fine. From then on, it would consistently discharge both barrels with a single trigger pull. While admittedly interesting, I figured that it wasn't such a great idea to keep firing a malfunctioning weapon, and put it away after a few of these double-discharges.
When I got home, I called the manufacturer and sent it in for a warranty repair. Benellli sent it back about a month later with a note explaining that the sear was adjusted and the stock was inlet (when I first bought the gun, the fit was terrible and it was very difficult to assemble the forearm).
So last night I took it out for it's second trip to the range. I brought 50 shells with me - the first 36 shots were fine. Double discharge on shots 37-38, and the remaining 12 shells operated fine.
If you guys would be kind enough to answer a few questions for me:
1. Is it unreasonable for me to expect a single trigger shotgun to only fire one barrel 100% of the time, or are occasional double discharges par for the course? In other words, if I want consistent single discharges, should I have bought a double trigger model?
2. Just how big of a concern is this? I'm not so worried about an occasional really big ba-boom, but could a malfunctioning sear eventually cause a hang-fire?
3. From several internet threads, Stoeger seems to be a fairly-well respected company. Did I just get a lemon? Or is this more common than I am aware of?
4. I plan on calling them this morning and sending it back a 2nd time. But if this happens again, paying the shipping repeatedly is going to get old rather quickly. They have already made it clear to me that under no circumstances do they pay the incoming shipping for warranty repairs. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can obtain a replacement?
Thank you for your time, and any comments would be appreciated.
The shotgun in question can be found here - http://www.stoegerindustries.com/firearms/stoeger_double_defense.php