NEA 14" modified heavy barrel - FAIL

jlomein said:
This isn't that inspiring. The Grizzly finishes already aren't that durable.
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The finish on my NEA barrel is very well done parkerizing.

"Leaves something to be desired" doesn't explain when the poster doesn't like it. Parkerizing isn't smooth and shiny. He may be referring to the inside of the barrel and chamber, which for some reason, NEA parkerized as well. I polished my chamber and haven't had any issues.
 
Stevo said:
The finish on my NEA barrel is very well done parkerizing.

"Leaves something to be desired" doesn't explain when the poster doesn't like it. Parkerizing isn't smooth and shiny. He may be referring to the inside of the barrel and chamber, which for some reason, NEA parkerized as well. I polished my chamber and haven't had any issues.
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Your right it is much heavier parkerized then the DA's. There are three things I do not like about the finish. First is that it came unbelievably dirty from the factory, you could not touch anywhere without your hands getting covered in black sh!t. Second when I cleaning it up so I could handle it without getting black on anything the finish was not at all even across the barrel, some parts looking rough and others smoother. And last, albeit not NEA's fault, it does not even come close to matching the finish on my 870P which is more of a personnel preference.

That all being said it still is in my opinion a better choice then the DA barrels as they are better built and not made in China. I'll take a slightly rougher looking Canadian built and more solid barrel any day and for $189 you can't go wrong. (I may change my mind after shooting it who knows)
 
Yeah one thing they had going for them to begin with is that they're Canadian. Add to that the fact they are thick enough to be threaded and the new profile which should not need any modding of the forend; I figured it was worth the gamble. Not sure if it's priced right anymore tho, the "intrudoctory" price made me jump on one.

I still don't have it tho :(
 
I have one of the original "heavy" profile barrels. I had to sand the factory forestock on an 870 express to allow no contact with the barrel.

I have a problem with intermittent fail to fire (click, not boom) but I think it is a remington warranty problem. Working on a resolution with that with Remington but I have email from NEA offering support including replacement.

I also have a b!tch of a time firing cheap white-box and getting it to eject but a bore polish is in order for both the NEA and factory barrels.
 
Stevo said:
The finish on my NEA barrel is very well done parkerizing.

He may be referring to the inside of the barrel and chamber, which for some reason, NEA parkerized as well. I polished my chamber and haven't had any issues.
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It could be accidental if they forgot to plug the barrels or didn't do it properly before they went into the acid bath, I think?

I wonder if any of the NEA-15 barrels ended up parked on inside as well
 
Ix said:
Yeah one thing they had going for them to begin with is that they're Canadian. Add to that the fact they are thick enough to be threaded and the new profile which should not need any modding of the forend; I figured it was worth the gamble. Not sure if it's priced right anymore tho, the "intrudoctory" price made me jump on one.

I still don't have it tho :(
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Ya I wish I knew they where going to put out a slimmer profile, I would have waited for that one instead of the heavy one.


muscles1000 said:
They parkerize the inside of my barrel too. Had to get the chamber polished. Unimpressed.
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Thanks for the heads up, I'm going to take a few rounds with me when I go to pick it up from the Smiths. Test her out there see if it feeds and extracts properly.
 
I finally got the barrel tonight.
Frankly I'm nowhere near happy. I won't do a big review about it now cause I still have to figure WTF is happening exactly, bottom line is:

They lied and it ain't working.

I guess I'll get banned now

editted to correct my asumption that they lied about delaying my order to mark my barrel 14", as the barrel is not marked.
it was explained to me by Dave that there was a misunderstanding at NEA the possibility of marking the barrel was raised but did not happen, and their LEO barrels are not marked at all. My barrel was delayed to get marked "NEA 12GA". The email I got mentionning clearly the marking of the barrel lenght following customers complaint was a NEA internal miscommunication.
 
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Express, bought as a receiver only on the EE, seller said it was a "turkey" receiver. It's one of the latest gen (drilled and tapped). It's in almost new condition, not a mark on it.
 
I couldn't get get my barrel to work on my DA and both of the Wingmasters I used to have. Ended up selling the DA and one Wingmaster and bought a 870P. I am determined to have a Canadian made shorty and Dlask didn't have any barrels at the time!
 
Ix said:
I finally got the barrel tonight.
Frankly I'm nowhere near happy. I won't do a big review about it now cause I still have to figure WTF is happening exactly, bottom line is:
They lied and it ain't working.

I guess I'll get banned now
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Can you describe "it ain't working" with a bit more detail?

I was planning on getting another of these barrels.
 
Fit is way tighter than I've ever seen any 870 (like you need a mallet to remove it kinda tight).
Ridiculously hard to pump in both direction and sticks back (action opened) and forward (but is out of battery). I believe for different reasons, more on that when I check it a bit closer shortly, but I have my suspicions; barrel ring not to spec (too wide or misplaced), forend rubbing on the barrel (barrel is showing signs of rubbing). Chamber IS parked btw, but it looks pretty smooth so I'm not sure if this will be an issue. Due to the out of battery on an empty chamber I didn't even tried to run a snap cap in yet, so I have no clue.

Any barrel should fit any 870 except the MCS, the special field or the latest "extended mag tube" version. (Not arguing with you here, just adding to the exception). But to begin with NEA warns it might not work on a wingmaster, I guess they blame Remington not themselves.
870 are probably the gun I am the most familiar with for having re-built some old wingmaster/police, and being assigned to maintain those we are issued at work. I am no gunsmith, but give me a little more time i should be able to tell you exactly what is happening and why.

At this point I doubt I would buy one ever again, fit is aweful, finish is ok but nothing impressive and let's not talk about NEA's service...
Thank god I also dealt with SJ hardware this week, they are just awesome all around :)
 
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Leg said:
They claim that other manufacturers do the same.
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As a Remington Armourer I can say Remington does not.

Anyone who says parkerizing a chamber is normal is right out to lunch "not even Norinco is that out of err"
 
It does look pretty smooth tho so I'm not sure it would be an issue, can't tell yet tho as the bolt won't lock. I'll have to sort the rest first.
I did take a quick look at one of the old wingmaster/police we have at work today and is hard to tell as its pretty old, but I tough it might have been parked. I'll inspect a couple of them closer next week. We have parked 18" and blued 20".
 
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