cat_IT_guy
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So I'm fighting with my Beretta A300 Outlander. For the first 9mos or so I owned it, worked great. More recently, however, its been an exercise in frustration.
It started probably around Memorial day, lots of fail to eject, stovepipe type issues. Not a lot of fun when your semi auto gets rendered to a single shot. Admittedly it had been sitting since duck season. So I took it home after the stovepipes and gave it a good cleaning. Next time to the range, more frustration, same problems. Took it home, cleaned it again, found a youtube special on cleaning it and found that I'd missed a step (cleaning the gas piston). So I cleaned it up.
Took it to the range today. Note that Im using cheap Winchester ammo. First 8 shots ran clean - 4 shots, reload, 4 shots. Note that Im not shooting as fast as possible, but quicker than most field situations would require. It went downhill from here. Lots more stovepipes and fail to ejects.
So, what to try next. My two working theories are 1) the cheap winchester steel low "brass" ammo. Im going to try some better stuff tomorrow or next day hopefully. 2) Is it normal for a hot gun to not cycle well, due to expansion of the shells or some similar phenomenon?
Anything else come to mind that I might be overlooking?
It started probably around Memorial day, lots of fail to eject, stovepipe type issues. Not a lot of fun when your semi auto gets rendered to a single shot. Admittedly it had been sitting since duck season. So I took it home after the stovepipes and gave it a good cleaning. Next time to the range, more frustration, same problems. Took it home, cleaned it again, found a youtube special on cleaning it and found that I'd missed a step (cleaning the gas piston). So I cleaned it up.
Took it to the range today. Note that Im using cheap Winchester ammo. First 8 shots ran clean - 4 shots, reload, 4 shots. Note that Im not shooting as fast as possible, but quicker than most field situations would require. It went downhill from here. Lots more stovepipes and fail to ejects.
So, what to try next. My two working theories are 1) the cheap winchester steel low "brass" ammo. Im going to try some better stuff tomorrow or next day hopefully. 2) Is it normal for a hot gun to not cycle well, due to expansion of the shells or some similar phenomenon?
Anything else come to mind that I might be overlooking?