I took the whole gun apart every thing came out, bolt, trigger mechanism. I mean everything clean all of it then oiled everything up good, rails everything. I am out the door to go pheasant hunting for two days, I will tell you guys how it works when I get back.

Well, if you have a problem this weekend, I would send back to browning if you have already did everything else. Could be a tad tight chamber. Seen it on a 1187 before but not browning.

i have a gold 3 1/2" hunter i had all sorts of problems with. i found out the receiver was cracked near the action spring tube. i sent it to browning and they would not replace the receiver under warranty. i paid for a new receiver and when i got the gun back i've not had any problem with it. it will shoot and operate with the 7/8 oz gameloads. it hasn't jamed once. the only problem is i can't sell it because i have 1200.00 in a 700.00 dollar shotgun. but as i said it functions great.

Wonder why they wouldn't? I would have thought that would have been covered. Was the crack done by soemthing other than workmanship? Have to be difficult to crack it I would think.

They must suspect owner misuse if they wouldn't cover it. Perhaps if you didn't mishandle it - then the factory did. If so, that's a good reason to thoroughly inspect all new firearms before shooting them.

Did you remove the action parts when new to clean them? Did you notice anything wrong then?

well my gun worked like a champ, no problems. I am really glad too, cause I got a double. I had 3 birds come up from under my feet shot a first one missed, shot at the second one dropped a leg, shot at him again dropped him. Shot at the last one missed, shot again him he was dead before he hit the ground. I am just glad it didnt fail me then. And I shot five trap loads as fast as I could didnt fail then either. Thanks for the advice I am cleaning it to night, my dad is taking it to south dakota with him next week, and I dont want anything to go wrong with it.

Awesome shooting. Glad your gun is working better now. Nothing like a good cleaning to free everything up. Hopefully it will continue to work for you.
I love my gold 3 1/2. Wouldn't trade it for anything!