r/canadaguns • u/TwoWheelsNorth • 4d ago

Fix my gun / Modding Holy failure to extract

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First time out on the M3500 Waterfowl.

Night before I cleaned and lube it to remove that thick lubricant factory puts on. Heard it was giving people a headache.

First box of clay shells went by with no issues. Things fell apart after 1 shot of 3.5inch. Failed to extract that one and after that it was 50 50 if it would fail to extract or eject. With a few working properly for the 2nd shell and the fail for the 3rd. Tried to feed a shell without extracting the shot one too sometimes. A general headache.

Benelli M2 extractor and spring have been ordered. Will do another cleaning to see how it goes next time.

Anybody here with similar issues ?

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u/iatekane 3d ago

What kind of failure to extract are you seeing? Was the extractor slipping off the rim of the shell or tearing a chunk out of it?

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u/TwoWheelsNorth 3d ago

My guess is slipping. It works fine when pulled back manually. It wouldn't extract and eject after firing.

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u/iatekane 3d ago

Yeah, if it’s slipping off the rim that benelli extractor will likely sold the issue, good luck and update once you’ve done the upgrade

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u/TwoWheelsNorth 3d ago

I cant figure out why it happened after the first 3.5inch shell, it was running flawlessly prior

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 3d ago

My m3500 is extremely ammo picky. Runs great with some ammo, won’t extract with others. I got a good deal on several flats of Challenger target load, and the extractor would not grip the casing.

It was so bad I had to buy a SxS to use up that Challenger ammo.

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u/GreenMan165 3d ago

Is this recent? Bought some recent Challenger target loads since they swapped to a translucent hull and, not sure yet if it's just my Chiappa 1887 hating it as I haven't tried it in anything else yet, but it was sticking in the chamber like absolute crazy, I could extract them but only with a lot of force forward on the lever. Didn't have that trouble with any other shells I tried that day including a box of last year's Challenger #4 steel hunting rounds, and it's making me wonder if there's a bigger change in them at work.

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u/TwoWheelsNorth 3d ago

Yes it the blue translucent shells. I gave it a good cleaning and will change the extractor/spring set before shooting it again

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u/Personal642 2d ago

I have an M3K 3gun, that gun doesn't like challenger in the blue shells at all either. Federal and score work great though.

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u/TwoWheelsNorth 3d ago

It was running it fine initially

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u/_1_of_1_ 2d ago

where did you get that deal for target load ? how much was it ?