Two Beretta O/U Failures - 11/06/08
Grayling and i just returned from a pheasant hunt and had a great time. We found a lot of birds, just few dumb ones!
While there I had two shotgun failures with my well-traveled BL4 and my 686 Black Onyx. I have them for a combined total of something like 45 years without incident...
The 686 shoots the bottom barrel fine, but the top requires the trigger to be pulled twice. Have not looked inside to see what the problem is and have not looked to see if the barrel selection sequence changes anything. In other words I do not yet know if it is the "top" barrel or the "second" barrel failing.
I simply put it away and started shooting the BL4. After a couple days in the wind and dust it failed to eject from the top barrel. I oiled to carrier arms and forearm linkage and the problem disappeared, but the addition of oil should not have been needed. The addition of the dust to the oil will not be a good thing either, so now I have to strip it and see what the issue is.
Any insight into the 686 problem would be appreciated. I have taken it apart a number of times over the years just to clean the action guts and Dri-slide it. This is the first failure and I am at a loss to figure out the cause.
The hammers are mechanical, BTW...
thanks
art
While there I had two shotgun failures with my well-traveled BL4 and my 686 Black Onyx. I have them for a combined total of something like 45 years without incident...
The 686 shoots the bottom barrel fine, but the top requires the trigger to be pulled twice. Have not looked inside to see what the problem is and have not looked to see if the barrel selection sequence changes anything. In other words I do not yet know if it is the "top" barrel or the "second" barrel failing.
I simply put it away and started shooting the BL4. After a couple days in the wind and dust it failed to eject from the top barrel. I oiled to carrier arms and forearm linkage and the problem disappeared, but the addition of oil should not have been needed. The addition of the dust to the oil will not be a good thing either, so now I have to strip it and see what the issue is.
Any insight into the 686 problem would be appreciated. I have taken it apart a number of times over the years just to clean the action guts and Dri-slide it. This is the first failure and I am at a loss to figure out the cause.
The hammers are mechanical, BTW...
thanks
art