Drew. that is my line of thought. That the gun has to be fully opened after the ejectors activate to bring the hammers and sears to full engagement. If not fully opened it could be like short stroking a pump gun. There must be a reason for the barrel stop to allow the hammer and sears to come to full engagement. On the rare occasion if I feel that I have not performed the cocking sequence after ejection I close the gun and repeat the process and then load the next shells. The one time I duplicated the condition the cycle was not finished, not allowing the gun to come to full cock. As I said this gun has never given my any problems. Montana, the gun has the Grant patent ejectors used prior to 1895 when they transitioned to the simpler and more reliable ejector system. Finish and tolerances of the cocking parts have a very small window to time the cycle. The parts do not exhibit any wear that I can note. Everything operates freely and smoothly.
