Hey y'all, I'm in a pickle and need some sage advice. Three weeks ago I began having problems with my Hatsan 87 Vortex QE (.22) wherein the gun would properly cock, auto-safety engaged, barrel returned to fire position, and then no action when trigger pulled. I found that simply breaking the barrel again and returning it to fire-ready would reset the trigger action and the gun would then fire. This problem has become more noticeable in the last week or so.
Two days ago the gun misfired as I was again breaking the barrel in an attempt to reset the action. I'm talking a full-on, almost peed myself, if-it-is-made-by-man-it-will-fail-at-some-point dry fire. The barrel was not in the fire position; if it had been I'd have lodged a .22 pellet in my attic space above my garage. This destroyed my scope, the Hatsan freebie which actually did well by me; a few follow-on shots demonstrated that the POA and POI were totally screwed as well.
Long story short, I decided to try the gun out once more this afternoon and after 5 successful shots, the action locked up again. Only this time the action, while seeming to reset with each new barrel break, refused to fire. To be clear, the gun is loaded with a Benji Discovery 14.3 gr pellet, is fully cocked, and will NOT fire no matter how many times I've tried to reset the action by breaking the barrel. I have very, very carefully removed the entire action from the stock and have tried to reason out the problem but am stumped. I have secured the naked action and ensured that any firing of the action will result in the pellet going straight into a proven trap of 20 lbs of shredded rubber.
Any suggestions to aid me in clearing the action on this gun? It is certainly going back to Hatsan for work but I can't ship it until I've defanged it. Can someone help me figure out how to do so?
Two days ago the gun misfired as I was again breaking the barrel in an attempt to reset the action. I'm talking a full-on, almost peed myself, if-it-is-made-by-man-it-will-fail-at-some-point dry fire. The barrel was not in the fire position; if it had been I'd have lodged a .22 pellet in my attic space above my garage. This destroyed my scope, the Hatsan freebie which actually did well by me; a few follow-on shots demonstrated that the POA and POI were totally screwed as well.
Long story short, I decided to try the gun out once more this afternoon and after 5 successful shots, the action locked up again. Only this time the action, while seeming to reset with each new barrel break, refused to fire. To be clear, the gun is loaded with a Benji Discovery 14.3 gr pellet, is fully cocked, and will NOT fire no matter how many times I've tried to reset the action by breaking the barrel. I have very, very carefully removed the entire action from the stock and have tried to reason out the problem but am stumped. I have secured the naked action and ensured that any firing of the action will result in the pellet going straight into a proven trap of 20 lbs of shredded rubber.
Any suggestions to aid me in clearing the action on this gun? It is certainly going back to Hatsan for work but I can't ship it until I've defanged it. Can someone help me figure out how to do so?