A Little Tech Help, Please
I test-fired my Remington 870 a couple of weeks ago by shooting a half dozen heavy slugs. No problem. At the match today, I brought it and a box of Winchester-X shells that my Rem. 1100 autoloader won't cycle. (My friend's Benelli doesn't like them either.) Anyway, after four shots, the action decided to freeze closed and required a great deal of effort to rack open. This occurred several times during the stage and, needless to say, I scored a miserable time. What I'm asking is, does this problem ring a bell with any of you readers? How do you remove the action work from an 870? Sure, I could find this out using Google and a gunsmith, but why don't we let this Blogosphere thing go to work on it for a bit? Any He-Man Pumpgun Gurus out there?
posted by Cowboy Blob @ 10:27 PM
3 Comments:
At 8:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
Just pulled out my 870, and checked it out.
You need to make sure your chamber is long enough, first of all. If you're shooting 3" shells in a 2.75" chamber, that will lock it up sure. Aside from that, the 870 is, frankly, bulletproof. Sometimes it's just a particular type of ammo it doesn't like, but frankly, I've shot tons through my 870 with no trouble, maybe it's just a fluke.
As for takedown, get the Gun Digest book, it's worth the money, every time.
At 10:15 PM,
Cowboy Blob said…
FWIW, it's a brand new barrel, smoothbore with rifle sites mounted on an older 870 body. The barrel accepts 2 3/4 and 3-inch shells (so did the old one).
One thing I need to do is run some Federal shells through it to see if it's not just a case of the Winchester Super-X shells being Remington Kryptonite.
At 2:51 AM,
Remington 700 Shooter said…
I've heard about problems with cheap Winchester ammunition and Remington 870 shotgun.
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