Gunsmiths/mechanical guys: Remington 887 issues?

[greg11]

I'm really liking the 887 I own except for two problems. Both of which I think are simple to solve, but I'm not a gunsmith... Any ideas on these two issues:

1) Failure to feed. It seems the leaf spring on the left side of the shotgun (facing away from you), doesn't let go of the shells in the mag tube. When this occurs, the user must reach into the magfeed port and push the leaf spring. You'll hear a click as the leaf spring "lets go" of the shell. A subsequent pump of the shotgun has it working normally again. This issue can happen several times per fully loaded magazine tube. Or it might not happen at all. I suspect something on the fore end rail/bolt/bolt carrier is supposed to be actuating that leaf spring as you pump the fore end, and that something is misaligned. I believe I remember someone on this forum complaining of a very similar issue with his fabarm shotgun. Likely a different cause/solution (different manufacturer), but it's the same issue. Any ideas?

2) When chambering a round, the little piece of sheet metal that rides on the bolt can be driven too far forward, causing the bolt to stick in the forward position, needing a fair amount of force to pull the forend back again. This issue is sort of hard to explain, and I don't have pictures. But the bolt has a sort of protective covering on it. I think its purpose is to shroud the area behind the bolt from debris (because the ejection port, made for 3-1/2 inch shells is much bigger than the bolt). This would keep dirt and debris from entering the area behind the bolt when the bolt is fully forward. In anycase, it comes too far forward sometimes and gums the gun up. Anyone know what this issue might be?

 

[Fenix.NZ]

never had either problem with mine, cant see how the cover would come too far forward only sometimes

 

[greg11]

Hi thanks for the reply. I got the feed tube issue sorted out. It seems that one leafspring is designed to stop the shell, and the other articulates and allows the shell to move. The issue was, the leafspring on the ejection port side (which is supposed to allow the shell to pass slightly), was actually out too far and the "tip" of the spring was stopping the shell instead of the "side" of the spring. I had to barely bend the tip out of the way ever so slightly to allow the shell to avoid getting caught by the "tip" of the spring.

Picture:

Bow down to my MSPaint skills.

As for the dust cover on the bolt, I took it off and the gun runs fine without it. I'm considering leaving it off. But I'm going to have a better look at it this evening and will likely get it sorted out then.

UPDATE:
Fixed the bolt dust cover/shroud!
I'm writing this for aanyone else with an 887 or considering buying one. Both problems were really simple fixes.

The bold shroud's issue was that there is a little tang on the barrel facing end of the shroud. This tang is supposed to make contact with the barrel lug, which then does not allow the shroud to continue moving forward. The issue was that the tang was riding too low in it's rail and the tang would sometimes find it's way between the barrel lug and the slot in the receiver which accepts the barrel lug. As a result, not only would the shroud move further forward than it was designed to, the tang would be stuck in that little slot, making shucking the pump quite difficult. Solution: again, put a little bend in that tang so it would make proper contact with the barrel lug every time. Fixed. I have tried to replicate the problem again for about 30 minutes straight and the problem will not reproduce itself. I'm calling it solved.


I'm sure lots of you have no idea what I'm talking about, but maybe some of you 887 owners know roughly what I'm explaining and, if you have similar problems, this might help.

I'd like to say again these were very simple fixes and IMO, the 887 is a very very nice gun.