Today I went out to shoot my Stoeger Coach gun. I loaded two round of Seller and Bellot #4 buck. When doing so it seemed that the shells were slightly undersize to the point that I checked to verify they were marked 12 gauge. I fired two rounds and then attempted to reload. Upon breaking the action I found the extractor locked and the primers on both shells were halfway backed out. I had to remove the shells with a ramrod. I then reloaded one round (different brand of buck shot) in the left barrel and fired it. Again the extractor would not operate. I removed the shell using a ramrod and then took the shotgun apart for inspection. Everything looked normal. On attempting to reassemble the gun I ran into a strange problem, i.e, i could not assemble the barrel to the receiver. I would put the hook on the barrel into the receive and try to close the barrel. The barrel would not close and upon applying a lot of force the barrel hook would slip off of the pin (for lack of a better word) in the receiver. My thought was the Seller and Bellot rounds had ruined my gun but somehow after about 30 minutes of trying to put the barrel on the receiver (over and over) the barrel somehow locked into place. I then had to force the front grip into place. However after somehow getting the gun assembled I can now take it down and reassemble it without a problem. I am baffled at this point as to what caused the problem. My explanation here is probably lacking in clarity but any theory as to what caused the problem with my gun would be appreciated. I don't think I will be shooting anymore of the Seller and Bellot rounds any time soon.
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