Martinj
Well-known member
Has anyone experienced this and what was your solution to the problem? I was pigeon shooting on Saturday afternoon in the rain, all well and good, I'd had a good afternoon but got a bit wet.
I wiped the gun over and left it to dry out in a room at home, later in the evening I picked the gun up and tried to open the barrels using the top lever and couldn't move the lever across, so the barrels wouldn't open. After fiddling around and a close examination it seemed that the wood had swelled upwards blocking the path of the lever!! I have been shooting in the wet many times but have never experienced this one before. This gun is a year old and had probably not been this wet before.
I stripped the gun down, removing the action (and locking it away) I left the stock in a dry place and tried reassembling it the following day but the problem was still there
I could probably have waited longer for the stock to dry but, rightly or wrongly, decided to remove the offending wood by filing and fine sanding until the lever cleared it, I re-oiled the stock and the repair is pretty much invisible now (but I know it is there.) The gun is 692
I wiped the gun over and left it to dry out in a room at home, later in the evening I picked the gun up and tried to open the barrels using the top lever and couldn't move the lever across, so the barrels wouldn't open. After fiddling around and a close examination it seemed that the wood had swelled upwards blocking the path of the lever!! I have been shooting in the wet many times but have never experienced this one before. This gun is a year old and had probably not been this wet before.
I stripped the gun down, removing the action (and locking it away) I left the stock in a dry place and tried reassembling it the following day but the problem was still there
I could probably have waited longer for the stock to dry but, rightly or wrongly, decided to remove the offending wood by filing and fine sanding until the lever cleared it, I re-oiled the stock and the repair is pretty much invisible now (but I know it is there.) The gun is 692