Remington Problems?
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Recently bought an 887 nitro mag tactical and have experienced no issues with mine... That said, I have heard that there are issues with them. Hopefully I got a good one!
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Well, with newer model Remingtons, its hard to tell just where they are made.
You dont know what all parts are coming from Mexico or Croatia, or if the whole shotgun was made out of overseas or Mexican parts.
But, they should pull the guns apart, remove trigger group assembly, forend, release the action sliders from receivers, look at them, see if there may be burrs or pits, or if the square edge is overly sharp, which is causing them to dig into receiver when gun is fired and locking up the action.
Use fine emery cloth to deburr, smooth out pit/pits some, or to knock the sharp edge off of sliders.
Then use some synthetic bolt/action grease on sliders and inside slider rails in receiver.
Then it should function as slick as a well broke in Remington.And not jam.
You dont know what all parts are coming from Mexico or Croatia, or if the whole shotgun was made out of overseas or Mexican parts.
But, they should pull the guns apart, remove trigger group assembly, forend, release the action sliders from receivers, look at them, see if there may be burrs or pits, or if the square edge is overly sharp, which is causing them to dig into receiver when gun is fired and locking up the action.
Use fine emery cloth to deburr, smooth out pit/pits some, or to knock the sharp edge off of sliders.
Then use some synthetic bolt/action grease on sliders and inside slider rails in receiver.
Then it should function as slick as a well broke in Remington.And not jam.
Agreed, I hear theyre out sourcing parts so you never know which remington youre getting, good or bad depends on what they had and needed and normally the out sourced are the little things so to start swapping them out.
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Lots of companies are starting to do it. I know i plan on keeping all my older scatterguns now.
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Remington has had QC problems for a while from their hit and miss imported parts. Since the gun is new I'd suggest contacting Remington and see what they say. It should be in warranty, if you start pulling it apart and changing things they may not honor the warranty and you'll end up footing the repair bill out of your pocket.
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With ANY new gun, there will be SOME minor details that need fixing.
Shame. Hard to keep competitive prices without outsourcing. Damn shame
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It isnt so bad if it turns out to be a good shotgun.
Lets just hope they dont get worse.
They are American made here in Ilion. Just like all gun manufacturing right now we are building as fast as we can to try and fill orders. Sometimes a few sneak by that might have a problem. Every single gun is test fired here with live rounds and proof rounds before it can be passed. I assure you the only gun in this factory that is made oversees is the pardner pump.
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Yes we know Remington still assembles alot of guns here, And they are made with some Mexican parts. And then you have the KY plant.
Remington also has models made by Spartan gun works, Models and parts are being made in Croatia.
So yes , the guns coming out of your plant are put together and tested there. But onley the bean counters know 100% where the parts all come from. Or all the differant models.
We are not knocking Remington. We just know how outsourcing works.
Evil,
The only thing that comes in is yes small parts. So I'm sure there is some perhaps like pieces in trigger assembly. This factory is HUGE and from what I see all major components are made here. I actually make the chamber in the HR single shots. Spartan gun works models were made so we could get involved in the lower end guns. I know nobody is knocking, just sharing some stuff since I work there.
The only thing that comes in is yes small parts. So I'm sure there is some perhaps like pieces in trigger assembly. This factory is HUGE and from what I see all major components are made here. I actually make the chamber in the HR single shots. Spartan gun works models were made so we could get involved in the lower end guns. I know nobody is knocking, just sharing some stuff since I work there.
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They *always* get worse. They have a proven track record. Not just Remington. You'd be hardpressed to find a single change from the originals that was done for an improvement. Off the top of my head, all I can come up with, and this is questionable as to being an improvement, is the split "flexitab" lifter. It fixes, well sort of works around, the old shell under the bolt jam. It took fifty years to fix that. Well, as I said, it doesn't fix it, it works around it. All else, that I can think of, was for cost cutting and all led to a cheaper/lower quality firearm.
Anyone know of any real improvements?
God bless.
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No knocking Remington here. Atleast they still offer a lot of good models, and none coming from Turkey.
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The CQB mod we do to ALL 870's that we work on is to slot the follower. The biggest problem that we have seen with the 870 is that if they are short stroked they can release a second shell on top of the follower when the bolt is closed. When this happens the only way to clear it if the follower is not slotted is to remove the barrel. If the follower is slotted it is a simple matter of taking a key or a knife blade or whatever you have handy and slidding the second round back into the magazine.
This is why we recomend Mossberg shotguns to our clients. Because of the design of the Mossberg follower this is a non issue for them.
This is why we recomend Mossberg shotguns to our clients. Because of the design of the Mossberg follower this is a non issue for them.
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