dmeis

I just wanted to bring this back up to show my appreciation to Benelli. They replaced some parts from my trigger group free of charge. The warranty has long since expired and Benelli took care of me! Thank you!

Thank you for the tip. It's a pretty low serial number. I'll give them a call next week after the holiday. Here are some pics for clarification. The gun was never modified or taken apart prior to the jam. This pic shows the hammer spring cap has risen out of its place and jammed under the bolt link. You can even see that the magazine released a shell into the action for the next shot. You can also see a dent in the cap where the recoiling bolt drove the hammer into it. This pic shows a closer look at the cap that has risen out of place. This last pic shows where the cap is supposed to be. I put it back into place. It appears that the trigger gaurd was too weak to contain the cap. It bent out of the way allowing the cap to rise out of place. [ 09-03-2004, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: dmeis ]

My SBE is broken. I've had it for many years and havnt shot it much but lately the trigger gaurd appears to have bent and allowed the firing spring and cup to force itself beside the firing hammer. This happend a few weeks ago shooting slays. I took it home and discovered the problem. I quickly bent the aluminum housing back to where it should be to contain the "cup". It shot 100 dove loads before locking up again... I'll post a pic later. Could this be due to an early SBE design? I guess I am looking for sympathy before I shell out the big money to have the part replaced. I fear that it will continue to happen. It's a great gun but after investing so much into a hunt it's rather displeasing for the shotgun to malfunction. Especialy when you are on a bird and it goes "click". David in CO