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Here is an update, after reading Wallhanger's suggestion, I had another look at the 20 and this time I reached in from the bottom and pushed the carrier in simulating loading a shell, then I used my finger to push it away from the shell latch, which it did. After that I was able to cycle shells through with out a hitch. Pretty strange but at least I don't need to file it and I know just that much more about the gun. Thanks for your feedback guys!

When physically inspecting the carrier it was definately catching on the lefthand side against the shell latch. My 12 seems to do that too, but when the pump slide action starts it drops down nicely while the 20 does not. Since this was working before I "cleaned" it, is there something else I may have done with reassembly that may have reduced the carrier spring tension so it does not pop down? I'm a little reluctant to take a file to it just yet

I recently bought Nova 20 Youth/Junior for my wife and it was one of the best decisions, she is really enjoying it. I also have a Nova 12 that I have enjoyed and never had a problem with. Now with the 20 I have run into to two problems. The first problem I had was with some Federal shells that would not seat when pumping into the chamber. I remedied this by using a different brand of shells but it seemed a bit strange. The second problem that I'm having now showed up after I cleaned and reassembled the 20 , the receiver does not fully drop down when pumping, so that it blocks the shell and the shell ends up popping out the bottom rather than making it into the chamber. Something is causing the receiver to not drop into place at the beginning of the pump stroke :-( These are my first guns and I'm still learning my way around them. I'm looking too you more experienced hands to help me figure it out , thanks...