Stevens Model 39A .410

[Hurryin Hoosier]

I recently purchased an old tube-fed, bolt-action Model 39A and she's an all-around dandy except that the last shell seems to want to hang on the spring-follower (ie, the butt-end of the shell comes up but the nose wants to hang). Is this something common, or just a fault of the way the shells are made. (The only things I've shot, so far, are Remington Express.) Thanks.

[Mad Dog]

Sounds like the tube spring is weak and doesn't have enough jam to get the last shell into the lifter.

I'd just buy a new spring for it.