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While cleaning your
Stoeger Coach Gun with the barrels removed you accidentally pull the
triggers. You can't get the barrels to reseat. Now what!! Game Over!!
No. There is no reason to send the coach gun to the factory or a
gunsmith to fix it.
You could try one of
three things: (1) remove the butt stock to gain access to the receiver
internals where the hammers reside to manually cock, (2) remove the
firing pin retainer cups and firing pins to push the hammers into the
cocked position through the firing pin holes, (3) employ a very easy way
of cocking the hammers. Read on ...
First a little coach
gun anatomy. Ever notice the two little hinged things sticking out of
the forward end of the receiver after the barrels are removed. You
probably played with them, wondering what they actually do. These hinged
bits are a part of the hammer cocking mechanism. When the forward grip
is fitted onto the barrels they actually protrude into the rear portion
of the grip. When the action is opened after shooting the grip presses
against these hinged bits and presses them rearward. This cocks the
hammers as you are opening the shotgun.
Once this is
understood, the rest is simple for our predicament. All you have to do
is push these hinged parts rearward to cock the hammers. The easiest way
is to grip the butt stock as if ready to shoot and position the shotgun
receiver so that you can press the hinged parts (making sure that they
are positioned in their forward orientation) against a board or bench.
Not too much pressure is needed and you will quickly be back into the
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