Shot a turkey this morning and the second shell did not feed. Same thing happened last year except it cost me a turkey because the second shell jammed. Any ideas why and how to fix?
what shells are you using?, how old is the gun?, when was the last time taht you broke it down completely and cleaned it?
I purchased the gun second hand about 5 years ago. I have never completely broke the gun down in the time I have owned it and probably should. From a youtube video I watched today it does not look all that difficult. I will say though that this was not an issue prior to last year and I have shot the gun less that 20 times in the time I have owned it. I am shooting Federals currently.
Quote from: robbartley on May 01, 2018, 01:33:38 PM
I purchased the gun second hand about 5 years ago. I have never completely broke the gun down in the time I have owned it and probably should. From a youtube video I watched today it does not look all that difficult. I will say though that this was not an issue prior to last year and I have shot the gun less that 20 times in the time I have owned it. I am shooting Federals currently.
I would start with a good cleaning and oiling, and see if that improves the cycling.
This may help you out for disassembly. It did me when I broke mine down for deep cleaning.The mag 10 and the SP 10 are virtually the same except the trigger group.
Just a recommendation before breakdown. I would put a white sheet on the table that you are going to be working on as one time I broke my trigger assembly down only to have a small spring fall out. I stopped immediately placed it in a zip lock and bee lined it to the gunsmith.
Thanks for the help guys!
Rob, most time when this happens it just needs good cleaning, sometimes it the exjecter spring, if shooting nitros watch out for it breaking that Cushing ring, and make sure u don't have no wax build up in barrel from wadding.
Quote from: robbartley on May 01, 2018, 01:33:38 PM
I purchased the gun second hand about 5 years ago. I have never completely broke the gun down in the time I have owned it and probably should. From a youtube video I watched today it does not look all that difficult. I will say though that this was not an issue prior to last year and I have shot the gun less that 20 times in the time I have owned it. I am shooting Federals currently.
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Make sure that your slide extension buffer is in good shape. I bought a used SP-10 that did not have one and started to have cycling issues because the magazine tube was bent. I sent it for repairs and everything is fine now.
If your magazine and cycle springs have gone "limp " swap them out for Wolfe extra power springs , they only make them for Ithaca mag10, bit the function flawlessly in a sp10
Quote from: robbartley on May 01, 2018, 06:42:20 AM
Shot a turkey this morning and the second shell did not feed. Same thing happened last year except it cost me a turkey because the second shell jammed. Any ideas why and how to fix?
I had this problem with my beretta with long beard XR shells. I switched to a TSS shell and the cycle fine
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I shoot an SP-10 and it will do the same thing if not clean. I give mine a good cleaning prior to the season every year.
For a sp10 , if I remember correctly from the manual --the bolt face bust be clean , and clean from oils residue etc..
I got to thinking this weekend that I sure hope we can continue to find parts for the SP-10 in the future without having to pay out the nose.
Quote from: tha bugman on January 28, 2019, 10:24:40 AM
I got to thinking this weekend that I sure hope we can continue to find parts for the SP-10 in the future without having to pay out the nose.
I agree, I have hunted with an sp-10 for several years, And I have never had trouble with them. But I do hope that parts don't become too expensive for them.
When you remove the tube that slides over the magazine, look in the end closest to the barrel for a small o-ring. If the o-ring is missing, it allows the tube to go too far into the action. It will not cycle. A buddy had this happen.
I had this happen and will bet that your slide extension assembly is missing the buffer. When this happens, and you shoot a number of turkey loads, the slide extension itself, not the mag tube, will bend right in front of the forks that go into the receiver to cycle the action. Subtle, but enough to bind the gun. When you take off the fore stock the slide extension should freely move through the cycling range of motion. I bet you find the forks bind. Problem with this is that you will not be able to bend it back to shape; at least I wasn't able to. I found a new one at Ahlmans..... Wasn't cheap but they had one. Buy a new one and 5 or 6 buffers..... That and the bolt buffer are the Achille's heel of that gun. I had a few bolt buffers made out of that hard white plastic... still on the first one!! Good luck
Broken my gun down and cleaned it and lubed. Wasn't terribly dirty but there was some crud in there. Everything looked to be in good shape. We will see how it cycles this year.