So, a few weeks ago I completely stripped and cleaned my Remington 1100. I took it down to the club for some trap practice, and it worked flawlessly. Then I put it away for a few weeks. I took it out yesterday to do some more trap practice. I did not do anyting to it.
The gun loaded normally, went into battery nice and strong like it always does. But...when I fired the gun, the shell went off, and the action cycled back---but then forward...back into battery! The shell did not eject. I had to manually pull back the bolt to take the empty shell out. When i pulled the bolt back manually, it stayed in its open position...I was using the Federal general purpose shells ( I have always used these )
This happened again and again. Occasionally, the bolt stayed open becuase the shell got jammed in the breech.
I thaught maybe it was the shell-catcher on my gun...so I adjusted that. But that did not fix it. I will say, that out the 50 shots I took, it had this problem MOST of the time.
i was going to call a gunsmith, but I figured Id ask here.
any ideas?
The gun loaded normally, went into battery nice and strong like it always does. But...when I fired the gun, the shell went off, and the action cycled back---but then forward...back into battery! The shell did not eject. I had to manually pull back the bolt to take the empty shell out. When i pulled the bolt back manually, it stayed in its open position...I was using the Federal general purpose shells ( I have always used these )
This happened again and again. Occasionally, the bolt stayed open becuase the shell got jammed in the breech.
I thaught maybe it was the shell-catcher on my gun...so I adjusted that. But that did not fix it. I will say, that out the 50 shots I took, it had this problem MOST of the time.
i was going to call a gunsmith, but I figured Id ask here.
any ideas?