ffgats Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 To all 1301C owners, any actual parts failure,breakage or any other concerns regarding your 1301 durability. My personnal 1301 so far is looking good, but only fired a max of 5k for the last 18 months. You can mention even those normal maintenance parts like recoil springs, trigger springs firing pin etc etc. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.E. Kelley Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 5K in 18 months...you should be telling us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffgats Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 5K in 18 months...you should be telling us! Mr Kelly the 5k is the max, there are 3 of us using the SG, me and my 2 boys for IPSC, some Outlaw matches, Informal trap shooting and some practice. We average 1 case ( 250) of ammo a month. I just realized about a couple days ago when I was figuiring my budget for next year. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.E. Kelley Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 5K in 18 months...you should be telling us! Mr Kelly the 5k is the max, there are 3 of us using the SG, me and my 2 boys for IPSC, some Outlaw matches, Informal trap shooting and some practice. We average 1 case ( 250) of ammo a month. I just realized about a couple days ago when I was figuiring my budget for next year. lol Excellent to hear that you have your boys shooting too! Thank you. However that still gives you more rounds downrange than many others. have you had anything break? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWS_61 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 ffgats, I have been running a 1301C for about 2 years now and had my first parts failure on Saturday, at least it was the weekend before the match... The right side hammer strut broke right where it goes into the hammer spring. The left and right side hammer struts are different from each other and I am wondering if the right side fails more often than the left. Brownells has the right side strut on backorder but the left side was available I have 2 of each and the hammer strut bushing on order. The few Beretta service centers I have contacted did not have this part in stock either. This shotgun probably has about 3K rounds through it. The good news is a good friend was nice enough to loan me his trigger group for the match. So I will have hammer struts in my parts kit along with all the springs and the piston O-ring. Hope this helps, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffgats Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 So far the SG is running okay, still 100% reliabiltiy, still shoot slugs the saame accuracy. One reason I am doing this post is to ask other 1301 owners for some info. by no means I'm an authority with firearms. I want to get the parts before experiencing some failures, especially its a little a challenge to get parts up here. I saw one You Tube vid. about the guys A400 cam pin is chipping out, and the 1301 is basically a A400 with a cheaper price tag. so just a little bit of concern. There is only one thing I noticed about my SG, it seems that the recoil spring doesnt have the "power" cant figure the right term. The only problem is I dont know how to replace the recoil spring, . By the way the only part that I replaced was the factory mag spring and install a new one that comes with Nordic mag extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffgats Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 ffgats, I have been running a 1301C for about 2 years now and had my first parts failure on Saturday, at least it was the weekend before the match... The right side hammer strut broke right where it goes into the hammer spring. The left and right side hammer struts are different from each other and I am wondering if the right side fails more often than the left. Brownells has the right side strut on backorder but the left side was available I have 2 of each and the hammer strut bushing on order. The few Beretta service centers I have contacted did not have this part in stock either. This shotgun probably has about 3K rounds through it. The good news is a good friend was nice enough to loan me his trigger group for the match. So I will have hammer struts in my parts kit along with all the springs and the piston O-ring. Hope this helps, Jeff I hope they will sell the parts individually , and not to force us to buy the complete trigger assembly, lol Next year my 1301 will not be as over use since my son bought me a Supernova as our family second SG. thanks for the info Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 5k in about 13 months. I clean it about every 1k, I've noticed a little wear where the lifter contacts the tail end of shell latch. It almost looks like it could build up a burr/get rough sometime in the next billion years so I polish it with 1000 grit now and then. No parts breakage or malfunctions yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerhunter9790 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I have about 3-4K of was mart federal loads through mine since January. No failures at this point with the gun running 100%. I may invest in some spare parts through brownells for the upcoming year though. Loving the beretta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh3g Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Between 1000-1500 rounds through my 1301, mostly Federal Top Gun 1oz. Dead nuts accurate with slugs. I'm working on a blog post with a more detailed writeup. I like my 1301 so much that I just purchased a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donald Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Mine keeps running and running. Maybe really clean it once a year, hit the bolt and carrier every few months with some CLP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpyv8 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I've had mine 2 years, put approx 15k through in that time, 5k in the last 3 or 4 months or so (I do a case in practice most weeks & another in matches most months. November was pretty heavy usage. 4 cases for practice & 3 matches required a couple more) She's cycled everything from 25g clay loads to some crazy powerful slug that broke the charging handle on my mates Versamax after 3 shots. She eats everything I throw at her, mainly 28g - 32g but some 36g buck & slug when I can't find the stuff I like Only modifications are the usual (nordic tube, loading gate & lifter mods) and polishing the living shit out of anything that is remotely metal on metal. Haven't bothered with cutting down lifter or latch springs. She gets cleaned a week before majors, lubed with the Red Neck Tactical mix before taking her out for a spin a couple of days before to make sure I have put her back together properly. Nothing has broken yet. Well, the mid bead fell out but after locktiting the replacement in there have been no problems. Only other issue is that the aftermarket choke has a tendency to undo itself. I have found a website for spares, they are in Italy but don't know if they'll ship to the US (no problem shipping to us in the UK) if you Google omps2 you should find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 My friend Jon's assessment of the 1301 is good. They shoot a lot of shotgun in the UK, and if it's not breaking there, it will be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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