My trusty old Mossberg hasn't been so trusty the last outing.

 

Problem is, I load two rounds in it. One in the chamber and one in the tube. When I shoot my first target I feel the round in the tube drop out and hit the floor. I guess the recoil is jarring the one in the tube loose.

 

I got this gun new about fifteen years ago and it probably has 20k rounds through it with no trouble at all except for this. This problem has started about three years ago and only did it once and a while but this past Sunday it happened about four times in sixteen stands.

 

Here is a picture of the thing that holds the shell in the tube, is it out enough?

 

That might be out enough, might not be - one more thing to look at could be what happens if you move the pump partially back. Sometimes the recoil causes me to pull back the pump (either fully or partially) without intending to. It could be a combination of that movement, recoil, and a worn out part that gets the shell loose.

 

I've never had a shell fall out due to the pump sliding back a bit after I shoot, but the mossberg I shoot is much newer.

I have a 535 that dropped the shells when firing or when racking very fast.

You have to bend the shell stop a bit more than its already bent and the problem will stop.

If you bend it too much it wont release them so do a little but at a time.

20k rounds and 15 years, time to break down and buy a new shotgun.