Mystery ringing inside Stock head

[Autumn Daze]

Brent, I was not trying to be sarcastic at all. I was just trying to be helpful. You made the statement that you thought it might be a broken hammer spring(Main Spring) and I commented that I never seen that happen on a hammerless gun. I have seen broken main springs on hammerguns though. I have a few Parkers that ring when dry fired and I attribute that to vibration that is sent through the action caused by the hammers falling on an empty gun. Parker mainsprings are very strong and this type vibration is indicative of that.

If I offended you I apologize....

[Smoothebore]

Brent, I had a GH 12ga Damascus that rang like a church bell when shot. It was an old gun and well used, but probably had not been shot for a long time. The ring was in the top lever, like Bill Murphy's gun, but it went away after it loosened up with use.

Dave

[Bill Murphy]

Brent, I will differ with your opinion about gunsmiths. I feel you will get more information here than you will get with a gunsmith. Many gunsmiths have very little experience in the field with the guns they work on. My suggestion is to tape any part you suspect is ringing, top lever first. Sorry you feel you got no help here.

[Pa SxS]

Brent,

Have you thought about taking the stock off of the receiver, reassembling the receiver, and testing to see if you still hear/feel the vibration? You'll have much of the inards exposed for evaluation.