Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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First time venture into encore/contender land for me. Bought used, somewhat rough contender yesterday. Put brand new .218 bee barrel on it. Shot it today. Two problems:
1. The action to break it open is extremely stiff. Sometimes it's just stiff, but about every 3rd time I try to open it, it's so stiff that I have to use two hands and squeeze with both hands as hard as I can and then it will finally pop open. I lubed it well and it still does this.
2. Light primer strikes. Some of the ammo I had didn't fire, even after repeated strikes. One time the strike was plainly showing that it was very shallow/light, but then after multiple firings, the indentation would grow deeper (looked normal depth), and it still would not fire. Three out of about 15 rounds wouldn't fire. The rest fired fine. Needs new firing pin, or something else?
Any chance that problem #1 and problem #2 are related?
1. The action to break it open is extremely stiff. Sometimes it's just stiff, but about every 3rd time I try to open it, it's so stiff that I have to use two hands and squeeze with both hands as hard as I can and then it will finally pop open. I lubed it well and it still does this.
2. Light primer strikes. Some of the ammo I had didn't fire, even after repeated strikes. One time the strike was plainly showing that it was very shallow/light, but then after multiple firings, the indentation would grow deeper (looked normal depth), and it still would not fire. Three out of about 15 rounds wouldn't fire. The rest fired fine. Needs new firing pin, or something else?
Any chance that problem #1 and problem #2 are related?
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