A400 XCEL bolt will not close

[Wheeler]

The bolt on my A400 will not close. I was on a Dove hunt this past weekend running 3" high brass #7s. During the 30 or so rounds I shot there were 3 instances of the bolt not closing which were easily remedied by pushing the bolt release. The final instance the bolt will not travel forward at all.

We dropped the trigger group in the field and the bolt will cycle fine. Once the trigger group is back in the gun it will retract smoothly but will not release at all.

When I got home I dropped the trigger group again and made sure none of the pins were loose. I removed the bolt and checked to make sure the firing pin retaining pin wasn't hanging up. I thoroughly cleaned and lubed the gun while I had it apart. Still no joy.

I did notice that if I held the trigger group in the gun with a punch the bolt will cycle with no issues. When I put the trigger group retaining pin in the bolt will retract smoothly but will not go into battery. The lifter will not move up when released either.

I also noticed a bit of dinging at the rear of the receiver.

Any suggestions before I send the gun off into the black hole of Beretta Customer Service?

 

[howl]

Try contacting colegun.com first before Beretta. They're a service center and likely to get you started on the right foot moreso than Beretta directly.

I don't see a reason to get an A400 instead of an A300 unless you want LH ejection. That action is not an improvement. So my suggestion is pick up an A300 and sell the A400 after repair.

 

[Wheeler]

Try contacting colegun.com first before Beretta. They're a service center and likely to get you started on the right foot moreso than Beretta directly.

I don't see a reason to get an A400 instead of an A300 unless you want LH ejection. That action is not an improvement. So my suggestion is pick up an A300 and sell the A400 after repair.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give that a try.

 

[87KJH]

Contact Beretta:

SERVICE

www.beretta.com

Beretta warranty is 1 year, but if you registered it with Beretta when you purchased it you have a 3 year warranty.

A few years ago when we started to see issues with the "redesigned" triggers in the A300, Beretta support was very responsive.
Replacement trigger groups were shipped within a matter of days and for one gun which was returned to Beretta the turn around time was a few weeks.

 

[Wheeler]

It’s going back to Beretta. Hopefully it won’t be gone too long

I’ll go back to shooting my Browning For now.