Brownie 725 not wanting to close?

Moffett · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:04 am **Posts:** 70

Shot my 725 today and after about three boxes it would not close? Took it down and checked it out ,could not see a problem. Put it back together and it worked? What could have been the problem?

Ulysses · **Joined:** Sun Jul 27, 2003 3:37 pm **Posts:** 19599

Moffett wrote:

Shot my 725 today and after about three boxes it would not close? Took it down and checked it out ,could not see a problem. Put it back together and it worked? What could have been the problem?

Dirty? Needed lubrication on the pivot points where it opens/closes?

hopper810 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:49 pm

How fast did you shoot the 3 boxes? If pretty fast MAYBE heat expansion?? Dunno

Moffett · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:04 am **Posts:** 70

hopper810 wrote:

How fast did you shoot the 3 boxes? If pretty fast MAYBE heat expansion?? Dunno

25 at a time ,break in between? No faster than my other guns?

ZuzusPellets · **Joined:** Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:13 pm **Posts:** 44

If the trigger has been pulled with the gun broken, you need to move the lever as far right as possible and hold it there as you insert the barrels into the receiver and close the gun. It's a Browning thing.

Moffett · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:04 am **Posts:** 70

ZuzusPellets wrote:

If the trigger has been pulled with the gun broken, you need to move the lever as far right as possible and hold it there as you insert the barrels into the receiver and close the gun. It's a Browning thing.

Do you mean if triggers were pulled when gun is open while reloading? May possibly happened not sure

rbdjr · **Posted:** Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:36 am

Reloads or factory new? Sometimes reloads will let a loose pellet get under the ejector and not let it lock closed,, very hard to see, almost have to run a thin pick under it to dislodge. If that squashed pellet fell out all good.

Moffett · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:04 am **Posts:** 70

rbdjr wrote:

Reloads or factory new? Sometimes reloads will let a loose pellet get under the ejector and not let it lock closed,, very hard to see, almost have to run a thin pick under it to dislodge. If that squashed pellet fell out all good.

Reloads.....this may have been the case, seems to work fine now?

Bamaskeetshooter · **Joined:** Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:18 am **Posts:** 217

Any crude under the ejectors will stop a Browning 725 from closing.

md2020 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:22 pm

ZuzusPellets wrote:

If the trigger has been pulled with the gun broken, you need to move the lever as far right as possible and hold it there as you insert the barrels into the receiver and close the gun. It's a Browning thing.

Not only this ^^ but the cocking lever must be in the "UP" position when putting the barrel back on. If that lever is not up, you will not be able to get the barrels on the 725 and get it to close and it could ruin your day..

Ask me how I know... :shock:

If you fire the gun when the barrel is off, that cocking lever will be down. To get it up, use a wooden dowel or stick of some sort to pry it up while holding the lever to the right. Then it will be back to normal.

oneounceload · **Joined:** Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:20 pm **Posts:** 23378

voting for a loose piece of shot getting in the wrong place.

Brownie 725 not wanting to close?

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