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Posted: 6/13/2010 9:07:02 AM EDT
| Can anyone tell me how to ghost load the FN SLP? |
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1. Load your mag tube full, put 2 rounds within reach of your right hand.
2. Place the butt of the gun on your belt line, center. Ejection port up. Hold the receiver flat in the palm of your left hand, bring only your index finger above to grab the charging handle. This may be tricky if you have the LPA sight, I took mine off. This is the hardest part......figuring out how to hold it and move it......just make all the bolt work with your left hand. 3. Slowly draw the bolt to the rear. A shell will drop from the magazine, keep going until the center of the extractor is at the back edge of the ejection port. STOP. If you go any further it will engage the carrier dog and lift the carrier. 4. With your right hand push the carrier to the UP position. Put one round into the magazine tube. 5. Reach in and push the shell/carrier to the DOWN position. 6. Drop the last shell in and slide into chamber. 7. Close the bolt.....let it drop the last inch or so. Make sure it fully closes, If you close it gently it may hang slightly when it's locking. Thats it. If these words don't get ya where you need to be, I can take some pics for ya later. |
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1. Load your mag tube full, put 2 rounds within reach of your right hand. 
2. Place the butt of the gun on your belt line, center. Ejection port up. Hold the receiver flat in the palm of your left hand, bring only your index finger above to grab the charging handle. This may be tricky if you have the LPA sight, I took mine off. This is the hardest part......figuring out how to hold it and move it......just make all the bolt work with your left hand. 
3. Slowly draw the bolt to the rear. A shell will drop from the magazine, keep going until the center of the extractor is at the back edge of the ejection port. STOP. If you go any further it will engage the carrier dog and lift the carrier. 
4. With your right hand push the carrier to the UP position. Put one round into the magazine tube. 
5. Reach in and push the shell/carrier to the DOWN position. 6. Drop the last shell in and slide into chamber. 
7. Close the bolt.....let it drop the last inch or so. Make sure it fully closes, If you close it gently it may hang slightly when it's locking. 
Thats it.  
If these words don't get ya where you need to be, I can take some pics for ya later. |
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No problem, happy to help.
If you move the bolt back a bit further you can hear the snap of the carrier dog pretty well. I use the extractor as a reference, it's far enough, and leaves you some lee way. You can float a 3" shell in there also, if you wanted. I've done this a lot in the 3 years I've had the gun, I've never had any issues with it while firing, but once in a while when I'm unloading it by hand (working the action) the bolt catch will engage.....it's happened so seldom I still haven't had the opportunity to figure out exactly why. It has to be something akin to how pulling the trigger on an 870 releases the action bar.....but it bugs me not knowing exactly why it's doing it, and if it will do it during normal fire. |
| IWhat kind of shells are you running through yours. I just got this shotgun and I'm shooting it in my first 3gun match this weekend (yeah I know). I think i'll have time to get it out to the range at least once before saturday. Do you have any recommendations for birdshot or slugs for it? Anything that I should do before I take it out for the first time? |
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I recently purchased a Mk1 for 3 gun and could not be more pleased. The gun was shipped with a preservative oil that made cleaning it before shooting it mandatory, as well as a pain in the ass because it was tight as a drum.
350 rds later not a single jam and I started out using 7 ½ bulk pack, I’ve shot #6,# 8, win slug and buckshot. Every brand worked fine. Zeroed the flip up sight with win slugs, no problems. |
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I don't shoot 3-gun so I might not be too helpful on that subject. I shoot informal clays, bird hunt, and this is an HD toy shotgun.
For birdshot, I've used quite a few of the Winchester and Federal value packs, and my 1.25oz hunting reloads which are somewhat hotter than the value packs. Buckshot, I've used all #4, I don't use 00. 27 pellet Nobel, 27 and 21 pellet S&B all worked good but the rolled crimp on the shells reduced my capacity 1 round. I settled on 27 pellet reloads and 34 pellet Federal as preferred. I haven't had any issues with the gun running anything, only issues with the ammo itself, the Winchester has a bit of a dud now and then that lacks pressure. You can hear it in the bang, the gun doesn't cycle. The only failures other than that were induced by me, trying to make it fail. I agree, the gun likes to be run wet, I've always used Mobil 1 0w30 in mine. A few drops in the receiver slots, and a heavy wipe under the gas piston. I've read of a few guys that needed the action spring tube cleaned out when it was new. I cleaned mine after about 500 rounds and it was still clean. Maybe it's worth a check. I use the light piston for everything, I keep an eye on the plastic buffer in the receiver, and keep a couple spares. You can get them at Brownells. Watch out if you're quick loading, for the fangs on the carrier, they're dangerous and painful. If you're gonna use the gun alot, send it to Crums and have it welded up. Keep the shell low when you insert it into the magazine, if it goes high it will hang up on the receiver at the top of the hole. About all I can say, I love mine, except for the LPA sights. |
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Glad I can help.
Pretty much all the same parts as the Winchester Super X2 , Schematic, Part 66 in that. Brownells SKU 910-000-274 Here's a direct link to the part. Slide Buffer For more info, check out the shotgun technical forum at Brianenos.com. It's a pretty good resource for SLP/SX2 info. |
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Not that I'm aware of. I haven't heard of them "wearing out" from normal use, though I'm sure they will eventually. Since I use the light gas piston for heavier loads I figure it gets beat to hell, but mine still looks fine at around 1000 rounds. I just like to have the extra.
The follower and retainer are cheap looking, aren't they? I'm going to replace my follower with a Nordic aluminum one when I start working with the gun again. I also plan to ditch the retainer and use a 1 round extension. Hopefully some time over the summer, I'm saving up for barrel work at the moment. Another thing I'd like to do is trade my heavy piston or convert it to light, I've heard of them breaking springs, though I don't have much more info on that. When they break, I guess guys have them converted to a solid configuration somehow. Sorry I can't add much more to this. |
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Not to hijack the thread, but can Benellis ghost load as well? If my memory serves me right, isnt there something on the newer ones that prevent this, but the older ones are able? I can only speak for the M1 Benelli, but yes it will ghost a round, and yes they did make a change to that model to prevent it. It's a small cut on the bottom of the bolt carrier that catches the carrier dog. It's easily modified with a Dremel, just smooth out the back side of the cut so the dog doesn't catch. Again, I can post pics of this if you need them. |
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Not to hijack the thread, but can Benellis ghost load as well? If my memory serves me right, isnt there something on the newer ones that prevent this, but the older ones are able? I can only speak for the M1 Benelli, but yes it will ghost a round, and yes they did make a change to that model to prevent it. It's a small cut on the bottom of the bolt carrier that catches the carrier dog. It's easily modified with a Dremel, just smooth out the back side of the cut so the dog doesn't catch. Again, I can post pics of this if you need them. No pics are needed for me. I have a Benelli Montefeltro en route. It was made in '96 (confirmed by Benelli CS) and imported by HK. I just wanted to straighten out the facts, and possibly provide an answer to other folks. If my gun cannot ghost a shell, no big deal, if it can, cool. Im not one to take a dremel to a 1000+ dollar gun. If it was a run of the mill 870, no biggie, parts are widely available and inexpensive, but Benelli parts are neither of those. Thanks for the info and confirming my statement. ETA: By the way, nice gun and good job on the instructions 
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