870 loose trigger group, is this normal on new guns?

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I just took delivery on my new 870 for a build I'm working on.

I noticed there is side to side play in the trigger group when in the receiver. It's noticeable when pumping the gun too, you can feel the trigger group moving when the action is worked.

I read some on it and folks in the US were getting new trigger groups sent out and that fixed the issue. I suspect my trigger housing is too narrow.

How common is this for owners here?

I can mail it off under warranty, just curious if I should...
 
Thanks, Gravel has offered to take a look at it.

More curious if it's common. From what I've read the trigger group should be snug and not wobble. My old Wingmaster is snug and my Dlask 8.5" 870 was snug too while I owned that.

Just trying to determine if it's normal on the new express shotguns for the trigger group to have side to side play.
 
It sounds defective to me.

Even if it functions fine initally, if there's that much free play it'll probably batter itself to pieces when you shoot it.
 
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G.Mitchell said:
Thanks, Gravel has offered to take a look at it.

More curious if it's common. From what I've read the trigger group should be snug and not wobble. My old Wingmaster is snug and my Dlask 8.5" 870 was snug too while I owned that.

Just trying to determine if it's normal on the new express shotguns for the trigger group to have side to side play.
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Last two I had both did that, none of my older ones do it. I am not being a smarty, but no more new Remington's for me
 
I'm starting to wonder how much longer before Remington stops manufacturing the 870, or at least turns it into a limited production item, given that they hardly seem to be able to produce an acceptable product anymore at a price point that's competitive at the lower end of the market?

How many manufacturing corners are there left to cut?
 
870P said:
I'm starting to wonder how much longer before Remington stops manufacturing the 870, or at least turns it into a limited production item, given that they hardly seem to be able to produce an acceptable product anymore at a price point that's competitive at the lower end of the market?

How many manufacturing corners are there left to cut?
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That right there is the entire problem.....and Remington started that ball rolling in the 50's forcing other manufacturers to drop their quality to the same level and produce a product at a competitive price point. Unfortunately it has been a downhill slide ever since. As long as the consumer is only willing to spend at junk prices then junk is what will be produced and sold.
 
the spank said:
That right there is the entire problem.....and Remington started that ball rolling in the 50's forcing other manufacturers to drop their quality to the same level and produce a product at a competitive price point. Unfortunately it has been a downhill slide ever since. As long as the consumer is only willing to spend at junk prices then junk is what will be produced and sold.
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Well, the 870 was genuinely a great product when it was introduced, that beat its highest quality competitors out on technical merits as well as price. It's just now that Remington is in the same boat that Winchester, Ithaca and Stevens were in then; their old school design, with its machined steel receiver, is becoming too expensive to produce at a low price point.
 
There's already a good solution to the loose trigger group problem.

You just replace your floating trigger pins with these ones.

They have a screw at each end that tightens everything up, and never falls out.
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http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-pa...-anti-walk-trigger-housing-pin-prod20694.aspx
 
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