alabamasooner Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Want to go turkey hunting this next weekend in Alabama. Went to a range and fired game shot (8s) to check out sights; then fired off some 3 1/2 Inch Winchester Magnums. 3 1/2 inches were a little much for me. Later bought 3 inch Winchester Mags. Tried 4 and everyone misfired. Tried a 3 1/2 inch and it fired. Regular 8 Game Shot also fired. Tried 3 inch ones again but from different box. Same misfire. Noted that the 3 inch ones did not eject well either. Any ideas on what the problem is or how to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Try a different brand of 3". There's no mechanical reason for the nova to fire 3.5" and 2.75" but not 3". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabamasooner Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Originally posted by tucker301: Try a different brand of 3". There's no mechanical reason for the nova to fire 3.5" and 2.75" but not 3". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabamasooner Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Figured I'd try different brand but don't understand why 3 1/2 Winchesters work but 3 inch Winchesters do. Bought both from the store in the last month. Tucker 301: Thanks for advice. Went to the closest store and the new 3" shells do fine. Same brand. [ 03-30-2005, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: alabamasooner ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabamasooner Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Originally posted by alabamasooner: Figured I'd try different brand but don't understand why 3 1/2 Winchesters work but 3 inch Winchesters do. Bought both from the store in the last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Originally posted by alabamasooner: Want to go turkey hunting this next weekend in Alabama. Went to a range and fired game shot (8s) to check out sights; then fired off some 3 1/2 Inch Winchester Magnums. 3 1/2 inches were a little much for me. Later bought 3 inch Winchester Mags. Tried 4 and everyone misfired. Tried a 3 1/2 inch and it fired. Regular 8 Game Shot also fired. Tried 3 inch ones again but from different box. Same misfire. Noted that the 3 inch ones did not eject well either. Any ideas on what the problem is or how to fix it? Check the primer depth on the shells that misfired. A week or so ago we had a similar situation at the range with a Beretta O/U. The bottom barel would fire but not the top. Shells came from the same box. When the ones that did not fire were placed in the bottom barel they worked fine. One of the wiser folks there noticed that the primers were seated to deep in this case. The owner of the gun bougt some Gun Clubs at the range and the problem went away. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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