Wow. That was an odd failure. Especially if the gun was still functioning, even more odd. But, thank you for mentioning that.

I have an old turkish charles daly semiauto that was chambered for 3-1/2" magnums. So, as anyone would expect, when trying to shoot 2-3/4" handicap skeet loads, the gun wouldn't cycle.

But changing the main spring underneath of the handguard to one that was lighter, did allow it to work with them. So, thank goodness for replacement springs.