Misfires
04-30-2016, 07:42 AM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: SouthWest Ohio Somewhere
Posts: 255
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?
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?
05-01-2016, 06:28 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
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.
