I purchased one of these in 20ga for my son since he is just getting started out. We went to a skeet range to get a little practice in and we put 50 shells through it. I noticed after about 20 shells that it became very hard to open, like I had to hold it across my knee to get it to open.
I didn't see anything on the primers that would indicate that the firing pins were dragging. What else could be causing this? I think we were using Federal Top Gun target loads. Should we try a different shell manufacturer (like winchester AA ?).
Aside from this, we are very happy with the purchase.
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