Hello again,
I have an old (1930s, based on serial number) 12ga western arms (ithaca) "long range" single-trigger side-by-side shotgun that has a funny habit of not discharging the second shot consistently. The first shot always goes off, but about half the time, the second trigger pull is a dud--no click, just a long travel and no boom. if i pull the trigger enough times or play around with the tang-mounted safety, it'll eventually fire...usually in a somewhat surprising fashion.
for whatever it's worth, the gun is missing its buttplate--I'm just using a slip-on recoil pad. could my problem have anything to do with the notion that the gun is reset to the second chamber by recoil, and the recoil, particularly with no buttplate installed, isn't sufficient to do its job reliably?
Thanks!
I have an old (1930s, based on serial number) 12ga western arms (ithaca) "long range" single-trigger side-by-side shotgun that has a funny habit of not discharging the second shot consistently. The first shot always goes off, but about half the time, the second trigger pull is a dud--no click, just a long travel and no boom. if i pull the trigger enough times or play around with the tang-mounted safety, it'll eventually fire...usually in a somewhat surprising fashion.
for whatever it's worth, the gun is missing its buttplate--I'm just using a slip-on recoil pad. could my problem have anything to do with the notion that the gun is reset to the second chamber by recoil, and the recoil, particularly with no buttplate installed, isn't sufficient to do its job reliably?
Thanks!