Never had a problem out of my 3500, but today when I got home from patterning my guns I saw a spring laying on the kitchen floor. Picked it up and thought it looked like the spring that goes around the firing pin. Sure enough it was.
The "detent" pin that holds the firing pin in broke and somehow my firing pin and spring fell out when I took my gun out of the case and cycled it to make sure the chamber was clear.
Just got off the phone with Stoeger CS. Kudos to Benelli/Stoeger. They are sending a replacement part free of charge.
Wow that's not good
Is it just a "cottar pin" (spelling?) or a specific, fitted pin in the 3500's? I can't seem to remember which...
Quote from: mightyjoeyoung on February 16, 2014, 03:26:28 PM
Is it just a "cottar pin" (spelling?) or a specific, fitted pin in the 3500's? I can't seem to remember which...
It's a straight pin with a "mushroom" head and an O ring the goes into the right side rear of the bolt and retains the firing pin.
The head broke clean off at some point. Still trying to figure out how my firing pin and spring fell out with the weapon assembled.
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Hate that happened to your gun. I shoot a 3500 as well. I'll keep my eye out for this. Thanks for the info.
Quote from: Nd2020 on February 16, 2014, 04:22:48 PM
Hate that happened to your gun. I shoot a 3500 as well. I'll keep my eye out for this. Thanks for the info.
I'm pretty sure it's an anomaly, as I haven't heard of it happening before, but I'd check that part out from time to time.
Actually happened to me during dove season. Pin came out and I ended up losing the firing pin and spring along the way. Mine happened cause I lost the oring that went on the pin and it came out easy after that. Got a new spring pin and oring and it hasn't happened since then
I would say keep an eye out for it not only on the stoeger, but on most of that family of guns. Not sure about the Benelli, but my Affinity has the exact same mechanism.
Thanks for the heads up.....