u/thegatheringgrounds

Hey all, hoping for guidance here. Have someone with issues on their 1100 12 Gauge Magnum. It fails to eject and the bolt stays locked to the rear.

The gas piston and Oring were in rough shape, piston set was very corroded. Replaced that with the updated set. (See pic)

Still having issues. The ammo in the photo worked before the failure.

I’ve torn it down about 10 times now, cleaned everything. I’m not sure if they’ve torn it down and attempted anything. The barrel has one gas port which appears to be clear.

I do have a part in question, known as the feed latch in image. Seems a bit tweaked to me. Not sure if this would cause my symptoms. Not familiar with 1100s other than reading a ton of mixed issues and diagnosis on various forums. Hoping I can get better feedback with the steps I’ve taken so far.

Any thoughts?

Edit *** seems like I cannot add photos here.

The ammo is Winchester xpert 12g 3in 1550 fps 1 1/8 oz 4 shot.

Wish I could share the pic of the feed latch..

Hello all 👋

New home based FFL here. I’m in a market of mostly small firearms dealers.

I’m doing a paper copy A&D and I have closed out my first page worth of sales. (Received my license in July)

A couple things:

1. Any recommendations on gathering leads for firearm sales or related accessories/parts? (New customer acquisition)

2. Any recommendations on getting inventory to sell? For example I’ve had 3 firearms for over 30 days now at what I feel is well priced. No one has even considered these…Kimber 1911 desert warrior ($1350), Springfield model 2020 redline .308 ($1425) and a Glock 19 gen 6 with EOTECH ($850) I also have a ton of ammo priced with the local market, range bags, cleaning kits, etc.

3. Gun show recommendations? At a very large show, I recently went with a PTC company I partnered up with and we did over 200 permit to carry sign ups in two days, only sold 2 hand guns. Sold a p365 comp and a hellcat micro. Had a s&w shield plus, Glock 19 gen 6, Kimber 1911, and a Glock 43x I was unable to sell. Sold more shirts than gun stuff. There were about 7000 people across two days that came through. The show was mostly activity based (can launchers, 50 cal shooting, tannerite target practice, full auto shooting) there were some FFL vendors and only one person that came by had a purchased firearm already.

We have another show coming up which is small. Maybe 500 people across two days but in my local market. Any tips to close some sales? As a small FFL unsure of the market I’m hesitant about ordering more inventory as I have a bunch of merch, gun supplies, some firearms… special orders/ordering will be important here. I’ve got about $8k tied up in inventory and expensed about $5k since July in marketing stuff, pos for credit cards, etc. I need to start making a couple bucks.

Any input would be great. I’m doing business together with my wife which is awesome but I fear if we don’t move the needle soon she may want to pull the plug.

We have the ability to bring in revenue from permit to carry and memberships from a company that provides legal assistance in self defense situations.