Dead Steel

I would guess that the firing pins are sticking in the spent primers. The fix is welding the cocking levers to retract the firing pin faster. The other guess would be that the extractor is hitting the stop and needs to be shortened. Their are several other things that could cause this, without the gun it's all guess work.

J.M.

P.S.  You can send it to me for repair, but I'll be at Gunsmoke and away from the house for a couple weeks.

Thanks for the info. When I got the gun from Barleycorn the left barrel would not fire every time. The pin looked short. I found some new old stock pins online and ordered the firing pin retractor springs too. I bought the bushing removal tool and replaced the pin and spring on the left barrel only. The spring on the left barrel was kind of out of shape when I replaced it.  Should I go ahead and replace the right barrel pin and spring too? Also, when I first got the gun I took the extractor out and very lightly polished it. I’ll take it out again and make sure it’s not catching on anything. I’ll use a dry lube on it. When you say the extractor is hitting the stop, do you think the end that actually extracts the cases is dragging on the face of the action? The action breaks and comes open about half way then it sticks. Hard to close quickly and sometimes hard to reopen. I’d like to get through the next couple months of the season before I have to send it.

The extractor might be a little long. Check the end of it and see if you can see marks where the stop is hitting on the top of the extractor.  Polish the end of the extractor and remove about 25 or 30 thousands off the end. J.M