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I sent out the 350$ for this today express post.(Remington 870) I hope I made a good choice. I am a total noob when it comes to shotguns so hopefully this will be alright for Skeet and Trap and shooting around in the bush with. Just something to learn the basics on. Any suggestions to break it in when it comes. gunshopfinder.com/articles/pumpbreakin.html Not sure if that is a good article or not? Any suggestions are appreciated. I will post more pictures when it arrives!

Patrick,
 
Break in... Lots of shells and some dry graphite lube! Not sure how it will feel out of the box but lots of shells always help! And make sure everything stays tight from factory (loctite may help) As far as the article states sounds a little over the top, just shoot and clean and lube. Who knows I may be way off I did that with mine and it has been fine and very smooth now! But then again its a Benelli!
 
you made a great choice, one that many of us CGNers have made, and I dont know of that many who regret it.

One tip, if the cap on the end of the mag tube is hard to remove at first for disassembly, bounce the buttplate on the floor while turning the cap. Sounds funny, but it's advice straight from remington to me to you.
 
arcticcathonda said:
And make sure everything stays tight from factory (loctite may help)
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Loctite? I've owned a variety of 870s and never used loctite on any of them. :confused:

The 870 break-in is shoot it often and pump it firmly when you do. The majority of malfunctions with a pump gun arise from being too gentle working the action. The more an 870 is pumped the smoother it gets.
 
Read to just sit infront of a TV and pump it non stop for an hour. However getting some cheap plinking ammo and shooting stuff is more fun.
 
arcticcathonda said:
Break in... Lots of shells and some dry graphite lube! Not sure how it will feel out of the box but lots of shells always help! And make sure everything stays tight from factory (loctite may help) As far as the article states sounds a little over the top, just shoot and clean and lube. Who knows I may be way off I did that with mine and it has been fine and very smooth now! But then again its a Benelli!
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No loctite:D
 
Awesome buy. No loctite needed, just field strip looking for obvious defects (burrs, loose parts etc...), clean and relube. I use lithium grease myself. Then shoot the hell out of it. 870 are surprisingly maintenance free. Mostly just boresnake with a once or twice a year field strip clean and relube depending on how much you shoot.

My only advice is keep the bloody thing dry. The finish on the 870 express is not a very good rust preventative. It is not real bluing, it feels like spray on spackle. You don't need to do anything extreem, but if you go shooting int he rain, coat the whole thing in a light exterior oil, and dry it completely immediately after your activities and make sure the gun case you put it into is perfectly dry as well. Then you can drive home, not before.

Or you can do what I did: not follow these directions, get a rusty gun, then go out and spend even more on a marine magnum. :) Ouuuuuuu gotta love that nickel finish. I can soak it in the ocean and leave it wet and it won't rust. (Maybe the magazine spring but that is all.)

Congrats on a great gun.
 
I actually took some emery cloth to mine. Cleaned up some of the parts that move and she was a lot smoother. I am sure once I get more than 30 rounds through the thing it will get even better.

As for the marine magnum finish, it can still rust there was a post about it somewhere.
 
Tried It Out

Ok so I tried the Remington 870 out on Saturday morning. I shot in at an outdoor range in Glenora (Duncan Vancouver Island) I brought it to the range in the cardboard box it came with from the post office, brand new. Before I shot the gun I took the barrel off and wiped the gun down with solvent on the inside of the barrel and outside. Then I lubed it with oil inside and outside. (I did not completely strip it; I just wiped the gun down anywhere I could reach with the barrel off with solvent, then oil) I had two barrels with the gun. A 20 inch slug barrel and an 18 inch birdshot and buckshot barrel. Everyone at the range was shooting 22's, my girlfriends dad was shooting a 303 rifle and I had my 12 gauge. (We were a little louder than everyone else) I just set up a piece of plywood at about 50 yards to shoot at. I was shooting Winchester 2 3/4 inch shells from Wal-Mart (7 1/2 inch shot) to start with. I was having a problem with cycling the gun after a shot was taken. It was jamming. Is this because it is new? It happened at least 4 times. I had to try really hard to pump the shell out of the gun a few times. I used both hands on the pump a few times to cycle it. I switched to the slug barrel and it was fun. I only had 5 2 3/4 inch slugs. After that I tried out some 3 inch 00 buckshot and the shells cycled perfectly no problems at all. I then cleaned the gun after. Took the barrel off put solvent anywhere I could reach wiped the gun down and then oiled anything I could reach with the barrel off. I shot about 45 shells. My main questions are.

1. Why is my gun jamming on 2 3/4 inch shells?
2. Should I completely strip the gun and clean everything? (I am not sure how)
3. Why would it cycle 3 inch so well and not 2 3/4.

Here are some pictures I hope somebody reads this!:D

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Next time i will not take pictures on a black case:cool:
 
Yes take it apart and clean it. That is the first thing I do when I get a gun.

Youtube the disassembly, you will kick yourself at how damn easy it is to disassemble. When it is apart check for burrs or huge chunks of metal in the way :) Check the mag tube to see if anything is in there.
 
Is the problem extracting / ejecting with both barrels, or just the one? Without actually seeing your shotgun, its kind of tough to say, but I SUSPECT that your chamber could do with a polish - My 26" tube was the same when brand new, and the gunsmith didn't charge me anything to polish it out.
 
Get rid of those WW Universals... They are about the worst shells on the market. That may help with your jamming issue.
 
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