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I have a high grade over/under SKB model 5000 that I have owned for about six years. It has served me well until recently. The last couple of times shooting skeet, the gun has doubled several times. Does anyone have any thoughts as to the problem. I have never cleaned the action. Have I developed a mechanical issue??
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I had an Athena (same innards) did the same thing. I sent it back to Weatherby and they fixed it for free. Gun was brand new.
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A good cleaning would be first on the list.
Remove the barrels, make sure the top lever is tripped to the center, remove the recoil pad, remove the bolt from under the recoil pad that draws the action into the butt.
Unless you are a gunsmith, I'd stop the disassembly there and simply either use a pan of Stoddard solvent (mineral spirits) or an automotive parts cleaning tank. Use a light oil to lube the moving parts, put it back together.
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Unless the gun has seen quite a lot of use, I'd suspect the issue is simply that you are not holding it as tight in the 'pocket' [onto/into your shoulder] as you used to. In other words, that you are loosely mounting the gun. It is perhaps the most common cause of having a gun double .. it is quite literally bouncing into your finger and firing twice in a very rapid succession and may well have zero mechanical issues involved.
If there is any staccato when it is doubling as opposed to a single 'big bang', that is the likely cause.
I'd suggest that you go back to the skeet field and make that determination first by mounting your gun quite solidly, if you are shooting pre-mounted. That type of 'doubling' is much less likely to occur when shooting low gun, but it can if the gun is not brought into the 'pocket' securely.
Once done to make that determination first, then I would do as Chuck & others suggest. If you are not comfortable doing it, then ask here for a competent gunsmith to do a 'strip & clean' in your area.
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Unless the gun has seen quite a lot of use, I'd suspect the issue is simply that you are not holding it as tight in the 'pocket' [onto/into your shoulder] as you used to. In other words, that you are loosely mounting the gun. It is perhaps the most common cause of having a gun double .. it is quite literally bouncing into your finger and firing twice in a very rapid succession and may well have zero mechanical issues involved.
If there is any staccato when it is doubling as opposed to a single 'big bang', that is the likely cause.
When my Athena doubled it was both barrels going off simultaneously. Will certainly get your attention as the gun was a 12 gauge.
I'd suggest that you go back to the skeet field and make that determination first by mounting your gun quite solidly, if you are shooting pre-mounted. That type of 'doubling' is much less likely to occur when shooting low gun, but it can if the gun is not brought into the 'pocket' securely.
Once done to make that determination first, then I would do as Chuck & others suggest. If you are not comfortable doing it, then ask here for a competent gunsmith to do a 'strip & clean' in your area. When my Athena doubled it was both barrels going off simultaneously. Will get your attention in a 12 gauge for sure.
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But think of the pattern it throws, Tut! 
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Double your triggers and double your fun! I think the single trigger was the work of the devil.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Thanks for the feedback. Gunsmith cleaning fixed the problem. From now on, I will clean the action every five years.
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Max
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I had an SKB 20 ga SXS that (I think) I pushed the selector halfway over, and it was only a 6 lb gun and the first time I tried 3" mag shells. WOW, spun me around, drove me about a foot deeper into the swamp I was standing in. Stock had too much drop for me, anyway, sold it at a show. Made me very nervous afterward....
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