Misfires
 

Anyone else ever have any misfires with turkey ammo?

I had two yesterday morning with Winchester Supreme 3 inch #6.
The firing pin dented the primer on both shells. Both were from the same box of ammo. I was using a Marlin Model 55 Goosegun (36" barrel), which is an old bolt action shotgun that will take up to 3 inch shells. The bolt was fully closed with the safety fully off and it was recently cleaned thoroughly and had never misfired before.

The first one I attempted to shoot was a nice tom at about 35 yards that had just flown down from the roost. I even reloaded the shell a second time and it still did not fire. The tom got away.

The second one I attempted to shoot about 2 hours later with 3 nice toms strutting in front of me about 30 yards away. I cycled another shell that was a #5 and I was then able to drop one of the toms.

I've had this happen before from wet powder in a muzzloader before, but never with store-bought ammo. Especially not twice in a row. Anyone else ever had this happen to them before?

You may want to have the spring checked in the bolt that cocks the firing pin. The spring could be worn or broken. That is a fairly old shotgun

clean your gun first, strip the bolt may be oil and buildup causing the problem.
RR

I agree with OT and RR - I am willing to bet it is not the ammo but the firearm used. Try the ammo in another shotgun and I bet it fires.

JW

100% agree with OT and RR. I had a Marlin Goose gun in 10ga back in the day and that was an issue with it. I had to pul the bolt at least once a season and clean it. It would build up with gunk from the pit and blinds and have issues. And as OT said it may also be a spring issue. Mine was from using WD40 and now know much better than to use it at all for any firearm.