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Check your Stoeger (Update)

Started by CASH, February 16, 2014, 03:00:06 PM

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CASH

February 16, 2014, 03:00:06 PM Last Edit: February 17, 2014, 09:10:37 AM by cash
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.
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper; his hands remember the rifle.

Bama turkey hunter

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February 16, 2014, 03:23:41 PM
Wow that's not good
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mightyjoeyoung

#2
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...
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CASH

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February 16, 2014, 03:48:46 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2014, 04:02:17 PM by cash
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.



A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper; his hands remember the rifle.

Nd2020

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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.

CASH

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February 16, 2014, 04:34:58 PM
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.
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper; his hands remember the rifle.

reynolds243

#6
February 16, 2014, 05:06:16 PM
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

bigwayne17

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February 16, 2014, 06:04:28 PM
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.

tomstopper

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February 16, 2014, 08:07:17 PM
Thanks for the heads up.....
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