RSVP2RIP
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Is there any way to accelerate the break in of the hinge on a O/U. Dove season is comming fast and I can't break a couple hundred clays in that time.
Stiff O/U break-in
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oneounceload
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Put some gun grease on the hinge pin and the side of the barrels in the monoblock- will help a little. Depending on the gun, your extractors/ejectors springs and cocking springs are usually what make the gun stiff. That takes some time.
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It's a Franchi sold by Dick's sporting goods as the Diamond. It has ejectors and I don't think it is similar to any other in the Franchi line. Shooting a couple hundred in a single day does not sound like it would reinforce any good habits after the first hundred, especially in a gun that weighs a little over 6 lbs. My wifee has a little trouble opening it and I was just wondering if there was any secret to breaking in the gun without wearing it out faster.
I have a Franchi as well.
Mine is a 20ga an I have had it for 7 years.
I love the gun.
But will tell you this.
It really has not loosened up all that much till about 3 years ago.
But man do I love that gun for rabbits. Comes right up on my shoulder for me an is fast.
I tried ot for dove but Im not that good of a shot.
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Mine is a 20ga an I have had it for 7 years.
I love the gun.
But will tell you this.
It really has not loosened up all that much till about 3 years ago.
But man do I love that gun for rabbits. Comes right up on my shoulder for me an is fast.
I tried ot for dove but Im not that good of a shot.
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A little lube, a pair of snap caps, and a few hundred opening/dry firing cycles. Work the safety to set the trigger for the second barrel. You don't want it to loosen up, just get the parts mated to each other.
Pro Gold grease, and just use the gun.
You won't be reloading in time to hit the bird, if you miss the dove with the first two anyway.
Never heard of anyone intentionally "breaking in" a decent O/U. They don't feel so tight in the field, anyway. There's something about being outside and really using the gun that makes guns feel shorter and quicker, and opening them feel easier, than when you're in your living room.
But I would definitely go shoot a few boxes at clays before shooting doves with a new gun.
You won't be reloading in time to hit the bird, if you miss the dove with the first two anyway.
Never heard of anyone intentionally "breaking in" a decent O/U. They don't feel so tight in the field, anyway. There's something about being outside and really using the gun that makes guns feel shorter and quicker, and opening them feel easier, than when you're in your living room.
But I would definitely go shoot a few boxes at clays before shooting doves with a new gun.
It took in the neighborhood of 5000 shots to break in my Winchester 101 Trap gun, and then it was just loosening up. Another 10,000 and it was truly broken in. I shot a fair amount of trap, and still, it was 6 months or so (the first 5000--I wish I could shoot 15,000 in 6 months!). Just be patient, it will loosen up. That is the sign of a quality gun. In the mean time, keep it well lubricated. I and many other volume shooters really like Lubriplate. Great stuff.
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