Well, I finally built up the nerve to test fire.
Winchester Extra Light 12ga, Winchester 170gn .30-30 (that's all I had).
Turns out I have either a broken firing pin or a weak spring on the left shotgun barrel/rear trigger (will not fire, just click, probably broken firing pin as there's no mark on the primer), and some pretty significant chamber erosion in the rifle barrel (shoulder excessively stretched and a ring at the base of the shoulder, maybe from too much pressure). My rifle firing pin always protrudes, too, and I've read something about a return spring there that tends to break, which has me wondering.
Hopefully some hand loads and creative spring hunting will make the .30-30 ok, but the left barrel problem is... a problem.
I guess I'll take it apart this Sunday and see what exactly is wrong.
Did I read something about someone in Florida having bought up all the parts for these things some time back? Are they still around?
Last edited by Mr. Polecat; 04/27/18 07:39 PM.
