RWTF;
A Simson is a German made gun.
Mine was made in the early seventies, it shoots 2 3/4" shells.
They are made at the same factory that Merkels/Sauers are made.
No the Simson is not a lesser grade gun, they all are the same quality. A Merkel 47, is a Simson 147. My #147, is a very nice shotgun.
Mine is a boxlock, if it was a side lock then I would be able to pull the lock to find the problem. I've built plenty of smokepoles over the years to wish it was a sidelock, then I could fix the problem.
I removed the butt stock, to expose the trigger/safety parts.
I left the rest of the gun assembled, and fired it quite a bit with a set of snap caps. I can see no problems, and I could not get the gun to fire both barrels at the same time.
The gun is clean, there are no slivers, dirt, crud, gunk, or gummy oil. It looks brand new.
There are no visibly worn, or worn out parts. All of the metal edges are crisp, and square.
My trap loads are 1 1/8 ozs, they travel at 1200 fps, and they develop about 9200 LUP.
My duck loads are 1 1/4 ozs, they travel at 1150 fps, and they develop about 9200 LUP.
My duck loads are tungsten-poly, and it gets mighty expensive firing two of them at a time, plus I lose the some time's needed benefits, of the second shot. lol
I haven't fired the gun with trap loads since, now they might double up too. I don't have a clue, I just need someone to fix my gun.
If I knew what to expect in the receiver, I'd do it myself, but at this stage in the game, I'd like to get an expert to fix it.
I've contacted several gunsmiths around Minnesota, they are not familiar with the gun, and will not work on it. One guy suggested "Albrights" out in Maryland, but it appears to me that they lost their gunsmith, and aren't doing any repairs, over and above gun cleaning.
So I'm still looking for someone that works on Merkels/Simsons?
By the way, I'm restocking a Merkel model 8. If I had to have a stock made it would be mighty expensive. Luckily I have a sawmill, have cut a lot of walnut over the years, and have the skill to make a gunstock, I just can't fix my Simson.
Thanks
Jim
