Browning Maxus Issues?

Has anybody had problems with a browning maxus firing or not chambering shells? I went in the drink with mine yesterday. I cleaned it really good but this morning it wouldn't fire or chamber shells sometimes this morning.

Mine will sometimes fail to cycle when it's really filthy and it's pretty cold out. When it does I will oil it and wipe it down and be good to go until it's filthy again. Problem I have is I can break the gun apart.

No offense.... Did you put it back together correctly? Oiled?

If you stripped it with gun scrubber or brake cleaner make sure you oil it good. They don't operate dry

Two drops of mobile one on the slides where the bolt runs. That's all it needs

I'll buy it off you

I got mud on the inside of the chamber, and it wouldn't cycle right. Some had made its way down towards the stock, so the bolt couldn't slide right. Once I cleaned that area out and oiled the gun up, it fired like new.

Hopedale, sell your Maxus to Elder

It's junk!! Sell it to me

Mud down that low is a death sentence to a Maxus, Hopedale

Yes I put it back together correctly and oiled it.

Sale it, it's a dud

one word...Benelli...

My Maxus looks like its going back for the second time in a year for the same thing.
A couple of times during the last two hunts it acts like the safety is still on when its not.
If you move it back to safety, and then back fire it will shoot.

Elder,

Its experienced , so the price is high $$,$$$.$$. Just go get a new one.

Have you dropped the trigger and cleaned the hell out of it? Just two pins.

Yes, its been cleaned multiple times.
Seems to do it less right after its cleaned, but after a box of shells it happens more.

Can any of you maxus pros get my barrel off?

Hunting with it twice a year doesn't equal experience, if anything it'll go cheaper due to lack of use

A repetitive up and down jerk should get it off pretty easy, If you can't get it go visit Dave, he for sure can get it off

What did you do toss it in bay?

There is a gasket inside barrel sleeve. Soak it with wd40

Wouldn't you need to get the barrel off to soak it?

No, you can spray it from the top around the edges.

There is a gasket/seal in there. Residue can build up on the mag tube thus making it tough to get off.

I'm just screwing with you Clown!

Don't make me, make you kneel before me...Titan.

Was actually wishing you where hunting with me at the coast last week

After you shoot is the spent hull staying in the chamber or is it throwing the hull and not reloading?

Did this with mine and it fixed it up. Make sure you clean where the buffer goes into the stock.

You redneck!!! Don't spray WD40 on a gun. 99% of gunsmiths would whip your azz for doing that

should have called a ninja! I wouldn't have burnt your truck down!!!

It's fine as long as long as you relube any rubber

Lol. I stuck the boat pretty bad and could of used a Titan.
Next year we need to go. Pretty short hunts this year couldnt fined anything but redheads

That just sounds bad.

Not at all. I'm actually pretty delicate with my stuff.

I took it to a gun shop and they tried cleaning/soaking it and still nada. Will wd40 mess up the camo dip?

Then even scratched the [censored] out of it when I told them not to try jamming anything in there.

And when I picked up my the maxus before dove season they gave it back without a part.

Same place couldn't get me a part for another gun for over a month even when I told them where to get or let me know and I'll get it.

Got the part from another shop damn near instantly.

So you took it to Cabelas, eh?

I bought my Maxus used there and had a similar problem to what everyone is saying, would shoot a shell and fail to cycle one from the magazine for a second shot. Took it back to them because it's where I bought it and I had to help the guy at the gun counter get the fore end off..

Took it to a gun shop and the guy there was super nice, spend an hour disassembling and cleaning every inch of the gun, and handed me a lubricant product called G96 for it. I was running the gun too dry before but with the G96 I haven't had a single problem, cold, wet, muddy, target shells or duck shells. Owned Brownings my whole life and love the way to maxus functions and points but I can't get over how high maintenance it seems to be. I clean all my guns after every hunt, I just wish it wasn't a necessity for it to function..

Don't spray wd40 anywhere near any part of any gun.

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OH SNAP!

Clown is so country he sprays WD40 on his chicken fried steak

That guy needs to quit spewing crap. WD40 is one of the best things to spray on the outside of your gun before and after duck hunting. How many times has someone went hunting and got their gun wet and then put if back in the case? Especially if you are traveling. Spray the outside down with wd40 and it will not get that surface rust. I spray mine down all the time and also when it is going to be stored for a good part of the year. When storing, I also spray the inside heavily. I do clean it before using because it will gum up after getting hot.

But to say there is no part of the shotgun for WD40 is just ignorant.

Take it easy yankee

Spew your wd40 love up north

Northern boys and their water displacer love

Kroil is better anyway

much

Caster Earl 10W-30 is the best earl around!

Caster Earl is an old fossil that used to drive a feed truck for me.

It will dry out rubber gaskets if your not careful

You really opened yourself up on this one DAD

And he thought the worst part was getting her used to the smell!

LOL

Yall win

Now what makes you think I only go twice a year?

Especially if you store your gun in a place that is not controlled environment like a garage. My first summer in Texas cost me several items. My waders were ruined by the heat in the garage, along with my peep sight on my bow and a few other items (seal on my 1187 too).

On second thought, it sounds like Pitt really knows his stuff about the proper treatment and care of hunting gear. Forget everything I said about wd40.

Well I don't know hayraker. He did say it wore out the seals on his 1187, and bobo said WD40 would wear out rubber

I'll play the wd40 game.

I don't use it on my guns, but I don't think it is bad for guns (at least outside). My uncle lives and hunts on the coast (notorious for ruining many guns). He has had the same remington 1100 for 20-30 years and it still looks new. I was shocked when I asked him how he keeps his gun so nice and rustless hunting on the coast and his response was "I just spray it down with a little wd40."

For the original post: My beretta 390 would get gunky, and wouldn't cycle very well and I was using CLP brand gun cleaner. I switched to Rem-oil, and it is far more reliable and I don't have to strip it down as often.

Dry out.... Big difference

True. When I got out of the shower this morning I sprayed myself down with WD40 to dry off

Well if you get hot it's going to make you all sticky

The solution to your problem is simple. Just take it in to a gun store and have them remove the Maxus and replace it with a Cynergy. Mud/blood/rain/dirt/too little oil/too much oil/even WD40 makes no difference, it will always go BANG!

Heaven forbid you shoot a 3 1/2" BB Blind Side from your Cynergy......might take you shoulder off! They are a sweet gun, I just can't take the recoil.

I came from up north where it didn't get so hot and new houses came with garages that were insulated. I used my third car garage to store hunting gear up there without any issues. I quickly found out that the Texas sun will ruin your plastic/rubber gear very quickly when stored in a garage.