My first bird!

[youngmoose]

Well, I went out this weekend and I got my first turkey here is a picture...





Yeah, there is no bird.

Grandpamoose, moosehunter and myself went out this weekend and Sunday morning I had a nice one 10 feet from the blind, I got the gun out the window, aimed, pulled the trigger and click. The gun malfunctioned.

I guess I get to save my first bird until next year.

 

[Bodeen]

Sorry to hear of your misfortune Youngmoose, it happens to the best and worse of us.

I once setup on some hot gobblers and called three in just like it's suppose to work, only to hear that dreadful click when I pulled the trigger. I forgot to load my gun.
Another time I drove 90 miles to my hunting spot and realised I forgot my shells at home.

 

[moosehunter]

Yeh, and a paint brush beard and bird hangin' hooks. A great looking bird. He hung up at 30 yards in brush but I sweet talked him into 5 feet. As he moved towards the dekes, I said take him and...........click.

But, thats hunting. I told youngmoose he can walk away with the fact that we at least had that wise old bird beat.

 

[Jake]

I am really curious youngmoose. Was the gun a Benelli SuperBlack Eagle. During the second season I called in two different toms only to have the gun go click two times in a row. I called in a third tom that morning but couldn't get a third chance to see if the gun would go off. I was shooting a 3 1/2" shell and it wouldn't go off. When I got home that morning I loaded some 2 3/4" shells and it fired those just fine. Monday morning I took out the old 3" 870 and it fired just like a gun should. The Benelli that I have is on its way back to the factory. I wonder if anyone else has had this happen with a benelli.

 

[nginth]

I read this post and it reminded me of a similar malfunction I had with a SBE I owned a few years ago. I guess I am wondering if you try to load you shells by pulling back the bolt handle rather then lockin the bolt back loading a shell and pushing the release button. My gun malfunctioned several times with larger loads when I did that. Here's the reasoning from there website:

As the bolt assembly moves into battery, the locking head pin moves along a curved track in the bolt body to rotate the steel bolt head into engagement with the steel barrel extension. The cartridge drop lever is down, its red dot indicating the gun is cocked.

I guess the key is that the rotating locking head has to slam all the way forward in order to operate properly. I guess if your loading it correctly and the gun is is still giving you grief I would definitely visit a gunsmith or attempt to get it fixed.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[moosehunter]

Na. It was old Stevens pump. It's a pretty good old gun but he did'nt have the pump all the way forward. I take full blame for it too. I should have told him to check it or better yet, we should have brought out the Browning Gold....