Floorplate not flush on receiver bottom
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:38 pm
Good morning,
I am a new member though I have not received any documentation so far. I am also waiting for factory letters on two 16 gauge Sterlingworths I recently purchased. I have a couple of questions on one of them, serial number 368277. The floorplate does not tighten down flush with the bottom of the receiver. It sticks up approximately 1/16th of an inch. There is no looseness of the floorplate and when I attempted to screw it down the screw would not turn at all. I am planning to send it to a gunsmith and will do no working on it myself but am curious as to why it will not screw down flush with the receiver. Also the gun seems to be a bit off face as when I hold the buttstock and shake from side to side there is a slight perceptible movement felt. The barrels, however, seem to be totally butting up against the breechface properly though. I can't see any space between them and the breechface. I have shot the gun a few times at clay targets using both low pressure 2 3/4 inch shells as well as RST 2 1/2 inch shells. Upon firing the longer shells are really hard to remove and almost have to be pried out. With the RST shells they are easier but still harder than they should be to remove. Upon looking at the shell cases there is observable swelling near the rim which prevents the shell from extracting easily. Any suggestions on why this is happening. I am an experienced shooter/collector and do know of the different lengths of shotshells for older guns. Using the proper RST shells should result in the shells simply extracting easily enough to be plucked from the chambers but they aren't. One other question I have is the gun is wearing a J. C. Higgins recoil pad which I know is not original to the gun. Can someone please tell me what pad would have come from the factory for this gun. Thanks for any information I can get. I am looking forward to membership and other Fox guns in my future.
Dennis V. Nix
I am a new member though I have not received any documentation so far. I am also waiting for factory letters on two 16 gauge Sterlingworths I recently purchased. I have a couple of questions on one of them, serial number 368277. The floorplate does not tighten down flush with the bottom of the receiver. It sticks up approximately 1/16th of an inch. There is no looseness of the floorplate and when I attempted to screw it down the screw would not turn at all. I am planning to send it to a gunsmith and will do no working on it myself but am curious as to why it will not screw down flush with the receiver. Also the gun seems to be a bit off face as when I hold the buttstock and shake from side to side there is a slight perceptible movement felt. The barrels, however, seem to be totally butting up against the breechface properly though. I can't see any space between them and the breechface. I have shot the gun a few times at clay targets using both low pressure 2 3/4 inch shells as well as RST 2 1/2 inch shells. Upon firing the longer shells are really hard to remove and almost have to be pried out. With the RST shells they are easier but still harder than they should be to remove. Upon looking at the shell cases there is observable swelling near the rim which prevents the shell from extracting easily. Any suggestions on why this is happening. I am an experienced shooter/collector and do know of the different lengths of shotshells for older guns. Using the proper RST shells should result in the shells simply extracting easily enough to be plucked from the chambers but they aren't. One other question I have is the gun is wearing a J. C. Higgins recoil pad which I know is not original to the gun. Can someone please tell me what pad would have come from the factory for this gun. Thanks for any information I can get. I am looking forward to membership and other Fox guns in my future.
Dennis V. Nix