Winchester Super X 1 bolt buffer help

[Champagne-N-Beer]

Hi All,

Need some help.

Have a nice SX1 but recently it has been giving me fits.

The bolt buffer decided to get brittle so I ordered a replacement - the new buffer was rock hard and brittle too, but being as I have never replaced before, figured this must be how they are when new?

Anywho, so I cleaned evereything out, replaced all the worn springs and o-ring and the gun is back in fine form, except for one issue.

With the new bolt buffer installed, the gun will not lock the bolt back or cycle.

After much fiddling, I decided to take out the "new" buffer and now the gun locks back and cycles great (sans any buffer).

There is no debris in the buffer hole (took off stock and cleaned out all the crud) but whenever that buffer is installed it just won't cycle/lock back.

When installed, the buffer is firmly locked in place and aligned properly - which got me wondering, are there different buffer thicknesses?

Any help is much appreciated.

Best,

CnB

[Thefeeder]

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Specifically I don't know if they made them in different thicknesses for that model. There are other SA shotguns that use buffers so there are different ones out there.

New ones should not be hard and brittle (as you already know) send it back. In a pinch you can try to fashion one from leather.

[RayPDA]

You bought the Wright's buffer, correct? From what I remember when my buddy and I replaced ours in our sx1 trap guns was that the new ones felt, well, new. New buffers should not (as far as I know) be sized differently. They did take some finagling to get the old ones out and the new ones properly pressed in (using a wooden dowel and a mallet.) Thinking about it, removing the buffer is a pain in the butt...could it be in place but not fully seated, thus preventing complete bolt travel?

I might have a picture or two - EDIT: have only one of the inside of the receiver -not sure if it's any help at all since it really only shows the bolt follower, but I've included it anyway.

PS out of curiosity, yours a field gun or a trap/skeet model?

For those thinking about what an SX-1 is....

http://www.clayshootingusa.com/html/archive/nov_dec02/MythorMagic.pdf

[Champagne-N-Beer]

Hi RayPDA,

Interesting read! Thanks for the article.

Mine is a 28" field version with modified choke.

I did not pick up the buffer from Wrights, instead got a "factory original" from nuline or midwestgunworks cannot remember which one, would have to check the receipt - was thinking of going Wright's but opted for the "cheapest" version (and factory original sounded good) likely was a mistake...

Was thinking it was the way the buffer was seating so even went through the trouble of removing the stock to ensure the buffer was seated properly, but still had issues...

I really think I just got a bum buffer - wish I would have take a pic before tossing. The thing was brittle and hard and when I pulled it out to check if that was the issue, even upon removal it flaked and broke into a pile of little pieces upon removal.

Oh well, lesson learned. Will order one from Wright's and let y'all know how it goes.