Today I took my brand new FN SLP 18" shotgun out to the range to try her out. The first shot let off was a stove pipe, second shot was a FTF, 3rd shot went bang, 4th went bang, 5th stove pipe, 6th FTF... I was pissesd off and very confused. I then racked the bolt back and took a quick look inside to find nothing out of the ordinary. When I pushed the bolt release button the bolt jammed half way. I tehn thoght that possibly it could be the light loads I was shooting, so I attempted to take the barrel off to chage out the gas piston. The barrel would not budge an inch. I stuck the shotgun back into the case shot my .22 cal for awhile then went home...
Confused as all hell I get home and try to take the barrel off again, that sucker would not budge. So now the bolt wont close and is jammed and the barrel wont come off.... I take out the trigger assembly to try and get a better look at whats going on internally....... Nothing................. So I start back tracking, did I put it back together right when I cleaned it? I had to of, im stuburn about this sort of thing, I read the manual front to back and back to front.. hmmmmmmmm what now..... So I take a look at the inside top of the receiver of my other brand new SLP, I can see where the picatinny rail screws come through, so I thought to myself, "could it be the picatinny rail screws jamming this sucker up?" I run and grab a allen wrench and start loosening all the rail screws..... POP!!! the bolt slams back to normal, so I loosen the next picatinny screw and POP!!! the barrel slides out with ease... PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
So do to the picatinny rail screws driven in too deep, problem after problem occured with the FN SLP. Can you believe it? Not to start bagging on FN but you would think they would have a bit better specs then this, *cough*cough*quality control?... I hope these screws didnt screw anything up inside, like the top of the bolt or the hood of the barrel...
Edit: I just inspected the barrel hood and bolt, from what I can see nothing seems to be harmed at all. So lesson learned and hopfully this might help the next guy. If your having jamming issues with your SLP of any sort, CHECK YOUR PICATINNY SCREWS!!!
Confused as all hell I get home and try to take the barrel off again, that sucker would not budge. So now the bolt wont close and is jammed and the barrel wont come off.... I take out the trigger assembly to try and get a better look at whats going on internally....... Nothing................. So I start back tracking, did I put it back together right when I cleaned it? I had to of, im stuburn about this sort of thing, I read the manual front to back and back to front.. hmmmmmmmm what now..... So I take a look at the inside top of the receiver of my other brand new SLP, I can see where the picatinny rail screws come through, so I thought to myself, "could it be the picatinny rail screws jamming this sucker up?" I run and grab a allen wrench and start loosening all the rail screws..... POP!!! the bolt slams back to normal, so I loosen the next picatinny screw and POP!!! the barrel slides out with ease... PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
So do to the picatinny rail screws driven in too deep, problem after problem occured with the FN SLP. Can you believe it? Not to start bagging on FN but you would think they would have a bit better specs then this, *cough*cough*quality control?... I hope these screws didnt screw anything up inside, like the top of the bolt or the hood of the barrel...
Edit: I just inspected the barrel hood and bolt, from what I can see nothing seems to be harmed at all. So lesson learned and hopfully this might help the next guy. If your having jamming issues with your SLP of any sort, CHECK YOUR PICATINNY SCREWS!!!