My Winchester 1300 20ga slug gun is almost brand new. Maybe 20 shots have been fired from it total.
Last year I sighted it in, and was getting 1" groups at 70 yards with Lightfield sabots. I noticed that after a few of the last shots, the bolt was slightly opened, and assumed this was from the recoil on a rest grabbing the handle after the shot.
Today I pulled the gun back out to make sure it was still sighted in ok.
At about 70 yards, the first shot hit about 10" low below the target. As did the second. I adjusted the scope, brought the target way in to about 30 yards, and it was throwing them all over the target. Something was not right.
After every shot, the bolt is almost fully opened and the case is exposed. I was shooting on a wadded up blanket as a rest, and it grabbed the blanket and caught between the handle and feed tube, and completely ripped it having so much kick back from the bolt. This is definitely not from me simply resting the gun; it doesn't have that much recoil to tear the blanket this bad from simply moving.
How in the heck is the bolt opening like this? Should Winchester fix it for me? Could they do it by hunting season, in less than 3 weeks?
I'm starting to think that a bolt-action shotgun is the way to go and never look back.
Last year I sighted it in, and was getting 1" groups at 70 yards with Lightfield sabots. I noticed that after a few of the last shots, the bolt was slightly opened, and assumed this was from the recoil on a rest grabbing the handle after the shot.
Today I pulled the gun back out to make sure it was still sighted in ok.
At about 70 yards, the first shot hit about 10" low below the target. As did the second. I adjusted the scope, brought the target way in to about 30 yards, and it was throwing them all over the target. Something was not right.
After every shot, the bolt is almost fully opened and the case is exposed. I was shooting on a wadded up blanket as a rest, and it grabbed the blanket and caught between the handle and feed tube, and completely ripped it having so much kick back from the bolt. This is definitely not from me simply resting the gun; it doesn't have that much recoil to tear the blanket this bad from simply moving.
How in the heck is the bolt opening like this? Should Winchester fix it for me? Could they do it by hunting season, in less than 3 weeks?
I'm starting to think that a bolt-action shotgun is the way to go and never look back.