I have an SL-80 I purchased around 1980. I loved that gun and ran lots of shells through it.
Some years back, it began to get "stiff" when it was cold outside. Many a shell failed to fire as the action became less and less trustworthy.
I confess that I did all the cleaning myself, and I don't know if I did a very good job. Last year, I dropped it off with a gunsmith at Gander Mountain and told him to do everything necessary to make the gun reliable again. He mentioned that the spring in the stock should be replaced, so I told him to do so.
The gun sat there forever with nothing being done. The gunsmith was replaced with a new fella that finally caught up on the backlog of work.
When I picked up my gun, I asked what had been done and the gunsmith said, "Just a real good cleaning, like you asked."
When I asked about the spring, he said there was nothing on the ticket about replacing a spring... but that he thought the gun would be fine.
I only own two guns. I Ruger Red Label 28, which is too small for ducks and geese, and this Benelli. I don't want to take a chance on having this gun fail me in the blind again.
Do I need to have that spring replaced?
Thanks!
