How it began

1987STÖGER AUTOMATION was founded in a private garage in Königsdorf, southern Bavaria, by the current owner Lorenz Stöger, with a production area of 50 m²

Buy Stoeger M2000 Parts Factory replacement gun parts, accessories and gunsmithing service on most manufacturers including Browning, Winchester, FN America, Beretta, Benelli Franchi, Stoeger, Remington, Bushmaster, Marlin, Sig Sauer, HK and many more. Decided to do a review on my Stoeger M2000 Semi-Auto 12g Shotgun! This is the gun I use for all my duck, goose, turkey, and pheasant hunting!!. As the Stoeger (and other) Side by Side shotguns wear, they will develop a problem with misfires. Below is a composite discussion from the SASS Wire of the problem and some solutions. Filson, SASS # 62639. Buy Orig Stoeger Model 2000 Owners Instruction Manual: GunBroker is the largest seller of Gun Posters, Catalogs & Flyers Collectibles & Militaria All: 886076535.

1991 Move to nearby Geretsried with premises of 500 m² and 10 staff members

1997 10^th anniversary of STÖGER AUTOMATION, 18 employees, TQM introduction (Total Quality Management), TÜV Certification for ISO 9001 compliance

1999 Business Development Award of the district administration Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen for excellent achievement and entrepreneurial activities

2002 Expansion of the premises, with now 2000 m² for production and administration

2007 20 year anniversary of STÖGER AUTOMATION, 35 employees

2011 Move to our own brand new company premises in Königsdorf with a surface area of 5400 m² for production and administration

2012 25th anniversary of STÖGER AUTOMATION; more than 25 patents for innovative development, 60 employees

2015 80 employees and more than 20 national and international sales partners and representatives ensure customer satisfaction with our products. More than 6000 machines are used worldwide by renowned clients.

2016 STÖGER AUTOMATION is growing and employs more than 85 staff members now. TÜV SÜD, one of the major test and certification authorities, has certified us according to the new standard DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 as the first company in Southern Germany.

2017 30th anniversary of STÖGER AUTOMATION; over 30 patents for innovative development, 90 employees. Over 8.000 systems are used worldwide by our clients.

2018STÖGER AUTOMATION achieves a place among the TOP 100 - the 100 most innovative companies in Germany - for the second time.

2019 In February, STÖGER AUTOMATION welcomes its 100th employee to the company. Lorenz Stöger becomes a member of the Senate of the Economy. The number of screwdriving systems in operation worldwide reaches 5 figures: over 10,000 systems are running reliably at our customers.

2020 STÖGER AUTOMATION is certified according to EMAS, the strictest European environmental management system. In addition, the company is certified as an 'Authorised Economic Operator' (AEO). In December, STÖGER AUTOMATION receives the BAYERNS BEST 50 award, which is presented to the fastest-growing medium-sized companies in Bavaria.

As the Stoeger (and other) Side by Side shotguns wear, they will develop a problem with misfires.
Below is a composite discussion from the SASS Wire of the problem and some solutions.

Posted by C. C. Filson, SASS # 62639

Hi pards,

I just got done at a shoot and my Stoeger coach gun got an attitude. The left barrel would some times fire, then the next reload, it won't. I tried some different shells (none were reloads, and primers were not low) There was no showing of a pin strike on the unfired shells, but good strike on the ones that did.. HELP..

Posted by Marauder SASS #13056

The likely problems are:

something wrong with firing pin

- They often get shortened and wont fire reliably.

- Burrs can form that hinder their operation.

The gun may be opening slightly after the first shot.

If the gun was tuned with lighter spring for opening the gun, it may show up. The best fix is to make sure the locking lugs fully close. The stronger springs are used to compensate for this, but Coyote Cap describes belowhow to make this work better and still allow lighter springs.

Best overall fixes - new firing pins and make sure the locking system works properly rather than only partially.

Posted by H.H. Hipshot, SASS #26307 on February 04, 2005 03:16

Another reason may be that the lug that bears on the hinge or pivot pin may be made of soft steel and be deforming. It should be a perfect semicircular cut to fit the hinge pin. If it looks elongated, then it is in the process of failing.

Mine did this with the small amount of usage like you have on yours.

I also had the problem with the gun unlatching slightly after the first barrel was fired. Guess that is why IGA puts such a strong spring on the latch. I wound up placing some shims behind the spring before the spring was finally replaced.

Posted by Coyote Cap, SASS Life #14184

Here is some more info on your problem Stoeger.

You can have that lever spring as light as you would like on your Stoeger IGA, as long as the horizontal bolt goes far enough forward to stay engaged on the rear locking lug.

Look at your rear locking lug (facing you as you open the barrels), that mark is caused by the bottom of the horizontal bolt as it makes contact with the cam angle of the lug.

Notice the mark across the cam angle of that locking lug ? It is only about 1/2 way up the cam, right ?

The horizontal bolt spring does not have enough pressure on it (after it is lightened) and also, the bolt is not going far enough forward to stay latched, so after you fire the first barrel, the action will open under recoil.

It is an action/re-action effect caused by the lightened lever spring and loose barrel recoil of firing the first barrel. (it bounces the horizontal bolt rearward and unlocks the action just enough to cause a misfire of the left barrel).

There is a modification for this to cure the problem, and I may have to write an article for the Chronicle to clarify just what to do.

It takes patience and it ain't easy, but when done, the gun works great and fast.

'CAP'

Posted by Christopher Carson, SASS #5676

Well, Cap, believe I see what you're describing!

Been having similar problems with Denver Deb's Stoeger.. and problems began about the same time I replaced the mainspring with one from Lee's. Everything seemed to be working fine, so my next thought was about burrs on the pins or in the bushings, or soft pins.. I reamed the bushings (didn't look like they needed anything), tried swapping the firing pins/springs to the other barrel (got worse; both barrels malfunctioned), replaced the pins with the steel ones from Longhunters (the originals didn't look bad, mic'ed OK).. And now I've re-replaced the new mainspring with the original.

Ripped though a box of shells pretty fast, but still had ONE mis-fire, left barrel.. So I'm still investigating. Sounds right that the locking mechanism is at fault, since changing back to the heavier original mainspring seems to improve the situation.

And now I'm *really* interested in hearing your fix!!

I'm guessing it has to do with some gentle file work, partly to remove the mark caused by the horizonal bolt and partly to allow the horizontal bolt to move all the way forward on the locking lug?

I'm also guessing that it's a combination of gentle file work to get the angle on the underside of the horizontal bolt right -- AS WELL AS on the top side of the locking lug itself?

Posted by Coyote Cap, SASS Life #14184

Chris, you need to take a whole bunch of metal off the front of the upper side of the lever pivot on the horizontal bolt.

I wish I could draw you a picture pard, you would see right away what I was talking about.

Don't go filing away on the locking lugs. That is the wrong thing to do on a soft metal Stoeger.

What I am talking about is real hard to describe, as when you take metal off one place, you have to compensate for that removal of metal at another place.

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