Misfires in a 16
A friend of mine has spent a bunch of time and effort as well as a fair bit of $$ refurbishing his father-in-law's 16 ga. This is a very nice Belgium Guild gun we think to be mid 50's production. It has developed an issue where it will "light strike" about 1 in 10 on the right, 1 in 7 maybe on the left. The primers are struck WAY off center particularly on the left. On close examination we see the firing pins are no longer nice round hemispheres on the ends and the holes on the breech face are ragged, out of round in appearance. Gun has gone to Briley's here in Houston for repair. They said no big deal, new pins and "flash weld" breech to re-drill.
Is this common? Has anyone seen this before?
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