Remington 870 express super-mag

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tonythetank

Discussion Starter · Nov 4, 2009

I recently bought a new 870 express super-mag. I only have put about 75 rounds through it (10 on dove hunting and the rest on clay targets). My last time out shooting, it started to jam, and couldn't figure out what was causing it. Thinking it was just new and needed to be shot a lot, i figured a good cleaning and oil job would help. After completely tearing down the gun, as I was pulling out the trigger mechanism, one side of the shell ejectors fell out. After cleaning and putting back together, after only one pump, it jammed again. I came to the conclusion (with the help of the local game warden who knows just about everything when it comes to guns) that the shell ejector that popped out was causing it to jam.

I was just curious if anyone else had any of these problems. I called remington and I am mailing the gun back to them. I hope this is problem does not occur very often, as I did my research and for the price, many sources said the 870 was the most reliable.

Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks

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GENT

· #2 · Nov 4, 2009

tonythetank said:
I hope this is problem does not occur very often, as I did my research and for the price, many sources said the 870 was the most reliable.

That may have been the case fifteen or even ten years ago, but i have been hearing more and more problems and complaints about new 870's, and now i wouldn’t touch one with a barge pole.
Old 870's are great, and a second hand wingmaster should and does hold the title (IMO) of the greatest shotgun that there ever was, but Remington have really let everyone down when it comes to newer 870 express shotguns.

Just look around on this forum alone;
Poor coating,
Susceptible to rust,
poor ejection,
bad finish (exterior)
bad finish (inner workings)
thats on this forum alone!

Not for me...

I do hear that there are good batches and bad batches though, and i hope you get success with yours.

If they are good, they are very very good; but if they are bad they are terrible!

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