Quick trip to the trap club produced three difficult extractions in two boxes. In all cases the action was difficult to impossible to open for ten or fifteen seconds, then cycled as normal. My first impression was that the shells were partially melting in the warm barrel, efforts to keep the action open as much as possible and increase time between shots may or may not have mitigated the issue. One malfunction was encountered with a Federal target load, and the other two with some orange target Fiocchi from Scheel's. Barrel is used, perhaps not lightly, and looks like this:
The "something" you see feels like it is raised and has resisted several passes with a bore brush and scrubbing with a copper brush. It does, however, feel like it moves a bit and seems to leave a light stain on my finger. My suspicion is lead fowling from 2 3/4" slugs has built up to the point that it is an issue. Not totally sure, hence me consulting you.
What the hell is going on with my gun, and how can I fix it?
The "something" you see feels like it is raised and has resisted several passes with a bore brush and scrubbing with a copper brush. It does, however, feel like it moves a bit and seems to leave a light stain on my finger. My suspicion is lead fowling from 2 3/4" slugs has built up to the point that it is an issue. Not totally sure, hence me consulting you.
What the hell is going on with my gun, and how can I fix it?
