![]() ![]() "Mossbergs and Remington pump-actions will get 3 and at MOST 4 weeks of use before they are hard-broke. or they didn't know it was broken (though the ads CLEARLY stated they were), etc." We will probably just start listing them on a Gunbroker account and sell them in lots as "fixer-upper's" because we don't have time to sell them one-by-one and then have to deal with customers telling us they want to return it because it's not easy to fix as they thought. We consider shotguns disposable at this point and it's not worth the time to repair them. I wish we could just use Benelli M4's but customers want to hear the pump-action sound that they've heard on every movie, tv show and video game. We spoke to rep's from both companies at a private tradeshow and both of them didn't seem to believe us in how short of a life-span the shotguns have on our range. We did have some older police trade-in's Remington's with the wood furniture that lasted the longest. They both last about the same time and I can't say one is better than the others. This probably why he says the wooden furniture action bars last longer. The tendency to do that is amplified if the forearms is not tightened onto the action bars properly. As mentioned above, on the Remington if the shooter is allowed to twist the forearm as they cycle the action this can torque the bars, causing them to break. The other parts that both shotguns (Mossberg and Remington) lose very early, are the "forks" that operate the slide. Most of the time if you have the rivet cutter you can replace the ejector spring without a new rivet () The shotgun will run just fine without the spring if you cycle it properly. I've seen this happen but don't know how. The other thing that could be happening is the ejector spring itself is getting caught on the bolt somehow and getting bent. If you know anything about 870's, the tip of the ejector, which serves to keep the barrel from twisting (for lack of a better term) is prone to breakage if the mag tube end cap is not tight and the shooter twists the action bars as they cycle the action. He is referring to either the ejector or ejector spring. "I don't know the name of the parts that are breaking on the Remington's but we would have to remove the rivet(s) on the left side of the receiver in order to repair it. This is what I found on Battlefield LV reference shotguns: Sounds crude but he claimed it did the trick. I know one guy that used oiled 0000 steel wool wrapped around a long drill bit to polish an 870 Express chamber. I only buy used Remington Police Magnums or Wingmasters these days. I'd never buy an Express when you can find a used Wingmaster or Police Magnum for under $300 if you look around just a little. I've got two Wingmasters, two Police Magnums, and an Express that has been basically torn apart and rebuilt into a Wingmaster. It goes on sale for around $80 a case during bird season, and I grab a few cases then. I switched over to the Winchester AA loads for classes. Polishing the chamber helps a great deal, as well as not shooting crappy ammo. That frequently leads to extraction woes. People tend to shoot crappy ammo in a rough chamber, and never clean it. I have done that multiple times, after investing in a set of the proper hones, oil and a low-speed cordless drill. O - Jul W - Aug D - Sep E - Oct R - Nov X - Dec Then look on the left side of the barrel near the receiver and look for a two letter date code stamp and follow this chart with the first letter being the month and the second being the year the barrel was made ī - Jan L - Feb A - Mar C - Apr K - May P - Jun LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)ġ963 TO APPROX. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”) Model 870 LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE) My search fu is mighty today, I found this:ġ950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIXġ968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE) ![]()
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