Frank is absolutely right. The 31 is prone to a failure to feed. As I posted earlier, it is because the gun is not pumped aggressively enough and doesn't release the next shell from the magazine. This fault goes away with experience, not neccesarily with wear on the gun. With the 31, you can't be hesitant in your pumping. It is a trait of the gun, and can't be solved by gunsmithing. Again, Frank is right, the Model 12 doesn't suffer from this problem.
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