{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "stoeger-coach-gun",
    "name": "Stoeger Coach Gun",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "stoeger",
      "name": "Stoeger Industries"
    },
    "category": "shotgun",
    "action": "break-action",
    "calibers": [
      "12 gauge",
      "20 gauge",
      ".410 bore"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "Coach Gun Supreme",
      "Double Defense"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [
      "Stoeger Coach Gun Supreme",
      "Stoeger Double Defense",
      "Most side-by-side break-action shotguns follow this pattern"
    ],
    "page": "firearms/stoeger-coach-gun.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/stoeger-coach-gun.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "Stoeger Industries limits owner disassembly: Takedown only: forearm off, barrels lifted off the pivot pins, forearm iron unscrewed from the forearm. Stock removal is mentioned only for its reassembly torque.",
    "This work order is written for the Stoeger Coach Gun. It is reported to cover Stoeger Coach Gun Supreme; Stoeger Double Defense; Most side-by-side break-action shotguns follow this pattern — if the firearm on the bench is one of those, check the torque notes: values do not always carry over."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "limited",
    "limit": "Takedown only: forearm off, barrels lifted off the pivot pins, forearm iron unscrewed from the forearm. Stock removal is mentioned only for its reassembly torque.",
    "statement": "Stoeger says disassembly of the side-by-side is not recommended unless needed to repair or replace worn or damaged parts, and to use a qualified gunsmith or return the gun to the store.",
    "source": {
      "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense)",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf",
      "page": "9",
      "pdfPage": 10,
      "pageUrl": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf#page=10",
      "quote": "Any disassembly of the side by side shotgun described in the Gun Owner’s Manual in not recommended unless necessary for repair or replacement of worn or damaged parts. Select a qualified gunsmith or return gun to store."
    }
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 2,
    "group": "shotgun",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "65 listed parts (80 pieces) in a boxlock side-by-side: two hammers on hammer impeller springs, two sears and springs, cocking levers, a top-lever lock spring and a single-trigger equaliser, all on cross pins inside the frame. Strong springs must be controlled and the hammers and sears go back as pairs, but nothing is timed.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 80,
      "kind": "pieces",
      "covers": "Complete gun, single trigger extractor model: barrel, forearm, frame and stock assemblies; 65 line items",
      "basis": "manufacturer-parts-list",
      "source": {
        "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense)",
        "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
        "reliability": "primary",
        "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf",
        "page": "pp. 3-5",
        "pdfPage": null,
        "pageUrl": null,
        "quote": "488      C-12-488    Butt Pad Screws                2"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "Stoeger does not recommend disassembly beyond the owner's manual except for repair; it is a close-tolerance action and lock work should go to a gunsmith.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense)",
          "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Any disassembly of the side by side shotgun described in the Gun Owner’s Manual in not recommended unless necessary for repair or replacement of worn or damaged parts."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 50,
      "rebuild": 75,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "Strip of forearm iron, extractor, stock bolt, trigger guard and the boxlock: two hammers on impeller springs, sears, cocking levers, top-lever lock and single-trigger equaliser; rebuild longer for compressing the hammer springs while pinning.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Barrels / forearm",
        "removes": [
          "forearm lock, spring and screws",
          "extractor and limiting screw",
          "choke tubes"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Frame",
        "removes": [
          "stock fastening screw and stock",
          "trigger guard pins and guard",
          "hammers, hammer impellers and impeller springs, hammers-and-sears pins",
          "sears and sear springs",
          "cocking levers, actuators and pins",
          "top lever, lever lock and spring",
          "trigger, equaliser, trigger lock and springs",
          "firing pins, springs and fastening nuts"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 21,
      "springs": 13,
      "detents": 1,
      "basis": "counted from the Stoeger parts list used for partCount (names containing pin/spring; 'Trigger Lock Spherical Pin' counted as the detent and also as a pin)"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "Firing pin nut spanner",
        "usedFor": "Firing pin fastening nuts"
      },
      {
        "tool": "Punch set incl. drift for the trunnion pin",
        "usedFor": "Hammer/sear and lever pins"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Top-lever centring and lock-up",
        "why": "The lever may not centre on a new gun by design; it must lock fully and the barrels close without force.",
        "source": {
          "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense)",
          "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "that the lock lever may not return to a precise center position when action is closed."
        }
      },
      {
        "check": "Function check: safety, trigger/sear release, disconnector and feeding with dummy rounds",
        "why": "Standard after any detail strip; a mis-assembled sear or disconnector can double or fail to fire.",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the triggers."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Push the top lever to the side to release the barrels, and open the action, supporting the barrels as they drop."
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Remove any shells from both chambers, or let the ejectors throw them clear.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Shells from both chambers"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Look through both barrels from the breech end and confirm both chambers are empty and both bores are clear.",
          "warning": "Both chambers. Both bores. An obstruction in a shotgun bore will destroy the barrel."
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "Leave the action open and remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure, leaving the action open."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Release the forend catch and lift the forend off the barrels.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Forend"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "With the forend removed, pivot the barrels further open and lift them off the hinge pin.",
              "warning": "Support the barrels. They are the heaviest single piece and they will fall if you let them.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Barrels"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Clean both bores from the breech end, the chambers, the breech face, and the hinge pin and hook surfaces."
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Stop here. The lockwork inside the action body is gunsmith territory.",
              "warning": "Break-action lockwork uses strong springs and fitted parts. Leave it alone."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Forend",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 2
        },
        {
          "name": "Barrels",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": null,
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Engage the barrel hook onto the hinge pin and pivot the barrels closed onto the action face."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Fit the forend onto the barrels and engage its catch.",
              "warning": "Confirm the forend is latched."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Close the action fully until the top lever returns toward centre.",
              "warning": "Confirm the action locks shut. A break-action that does not lock is dangerous."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "sourced",
      "manufacturer": [
        {
          "fastener": "Stock bolt (through-bolt holding the buttstock to the frame)",
          "appliesTo": "Stoeger Coach Gun side-by-side (single-trigger extractor model / Double Defense); the same sentence is in the Coach Gun / Uplander Supreme manual",
          "qualifier": "maximum",
          "value": 5,
          "valueMax": null,
          "unit": "ft-lb",
          "converted": {
            "value": {
              "N-m": 6.8,
              "in-lb": 60,
              "ft-lb": 5
            },
            "valueMax": null
          },
          "sequence": "\"If stock has been removed, take special care in reassembly.\" \"Over tightening of stock bolt may adversely affect proper functioning of gun.\"",
          "threadlocker": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense)",
            "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf",
            "page": "PDF p. 9 (\"To reassemble stock\")",
            "pdfPage": 9,
            "pageUrl": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf#page=9",
            "quote": "The stock bolt should be tightened, to torque not exceeding 5 ft. lbs."
          }
        },
        {
          "fastener": "Stock bolt",
          "appliesTo": "Stoeger Coach Gun Supreme / Uplander side-by-side",
          "qualifier": "maximum",
          "value": 5,
          "valueMax": null,
          "unit": "ft-lb",
          "converted": {
            "value": {
              "N-m": 6.8,
              "in-lb": 60,
              "ft-lb": 5
            },
            "valueMax": null
          },
          "sequence": null,
          "threadlocker": null,
          "source": {
            "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun/Uplander Side by Side Shotgun, Supreme, Single Trigger",
            "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/uplander-coach_gun_supreme.pdf",
            "page": "\"To reassemble stock\" (text line 257-258",
            "pdfPage": 9,
            "pageUrl": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/uplander-coach_gun_supreme.pdf#page=9",
            "quote": "The stock bolt should be tightened, to torque not exceeding 5 ft. lbs."
          }
        }
      ],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": "The manufacturer's documents give no torque value. They say: \"Over tightening of stock bolt may adversely affect proper functioning of gun.\" (Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense), PDF p. 9)"
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify both chambers are empty before each check.",
        "Close the action and confirm it locks shut with the top lever returning toward centre.",
        "Engage the safety and press each trigger in turn. Neither hammer should fall.",
        "Disengage the safety and press each trigger. Each should release its hammer.",
        "On a single-trigger gun, confirm the barrel selector works and that the trigger switches barrels after the first release.",
        "Open the action and confirm the extractors or ejectors lift or throw snap caps as expected.",
        "Confirm the forend is securely latched."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Stoeger Coach Gun Owner’s Manual",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "stoeger-industries-benelli-usa-6b719d",
      "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun Side by Side Shotgun, Single Trigger Extractor Model (and Double Defense)",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/coach_gun_single_trigger_ext_model_and_double_defens_stoeger.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "stoeger-industries-benelli-usa-2f7e6b",
      "title": "Owner's Manual, Coach Gun/Uplander Side by Side Shotgun, Supreme, Single Trigger",
      "publisher": "Stoeger Industries (Benelli USA)",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://stoegerindustries.com/sites/default/files/content/media/manuals/2021-12/uplander-coach_gun_supreme.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    }
  ]
}