Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: NW-GSP on October 30, 2014, 12:27:15 PM
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Went out hunting today and loaded my gun with Winchester 3 1/2 #2's that I bought yesterday, when I went to empty the gun I could not get the bolt on the shotgun to cycle so I took the barrel off and had to use a small pipe to ram the shell out of the barrel. I put a federal shell in and it cycled just fine so I tried the Winchester again and it would not come out again.
I tried calling Winchester customer service but I had to leave a message. Looks like I might be sticking to federals in the future.
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Was it the first shell that hung up? Could have been a squib. You can measure the case head to see if it's a sizing issue.
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It was a non fired shell, I checked others from the same box and they do the same. If I use any other brand it works just fine.
I received a call from Winchester and they are having me ship them the shells and they will send me a refund when they receive the shells.
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I won't shoot winchester shells. I have had more problems with them than any other brand. Never had a whole box do that but have had a few out of a box not eject and it sure makes you mad when a big group comes in and all you have is a single shot. :bash:
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I usually buy a couple cases of federal shotgun shells before waterfowl season but bought a couple boxes of Winchester in a last minute need.
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Tolerance is off on the shell possibly. Was your chamber free of build up?
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The only Winchester's that have worked for me is the blindside, I've had issues with the regular Winchesters. I got a refund on two flats of Super Target shells this year when I had one bad round per box, the shell base was jammed into the plastic. I have also had problems with Black-cloud not feeding and had two that were so over crimped all the shot fell out. I stick with Kent Fast Steel, Remington and standard Federal's. Or most of the time my hand loads, this weekend I'll be shooting my 10 ga with hand loads of #4 steel. :twocents:
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Were they xperts?
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Tolerance is off on the shell possibly. Was your chamber free of build up?
it appeared clear of build up but I'm going to scrub it with a brass brush and see if it changes anything.
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Buy a case of # 2 kent shells. I think you will be very happy with them.
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Might be that your ejector is getting worn. Shotshells don't have much of a rim anyway.... :dunno:
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Might be that your ejector is getting worn. Shotshells don't have much of a rim anyway.... :dunno:
the ejector works just fine, Its a semi auto and the bolt will not cycle no matter how hard I pull on it.
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So when you pull the "bolt", it won't open up? Weird! I'd be curious to see if it cycled after firing.
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So when you pull the "bolt", it won't open up? Weird! I'd be curious to see if it cycled after firing.
it won't open at all when I pull on the bolt, I had to take the barrel off and use a cleaning rod to push it out. I'm thinking that the brass wass not resized within specs.
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Yep, sounds like an out-of-spec shell. Most shotshells these days have a brass plated steel case head. Not as forgiving as the old brass, but a lot less expensive. could also have been a bulged case... I do know that Winchester 22 LR ammo is the only ammo my Walther P-22 doesn't like! That new 17 WSM would probably be a success if someone besides Winchester makes the ammo, and Savage gets their act together and builds a decent rifle for it....
