Remington 870 slide binding

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I have an 870 express, after shooting, I normally take it apart, and check that everything is alright, and I've noticed the gun loosening up since I bought it, but when I fire, and pull back the pump, I notice it binds up a bit on the way in,
is this a common problem, or should I take it to someone to look at?

I've also stopped using shells with an aluminum cap, those suckers jam up every time!
 
Your are probley feeling the bolt carrier resetting the hammer.I don't know of any shell with an aluminum base .if your refering to the cheap winchester bricks avalable at CT or wall mart they are plated steel and yes they are crap.
 
rembolt said:
Your are probley feeling the bolt carrier resetting the hammer.I don't know of any shell with an aluminum base .if your refering to the cheap winchester bricks avalable at CT or wall mart they are plated steel and yes they are crap.
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Interesting that you mention this. I own several M37/87 Ithacas that pretty much work flawlessly.
However during sometime in the 1980s or so, the tooling became old and worn out to a degree that some chambers were pretty rough from the brand new, factory product. These rough chambers were excellent partners with the steel cased cheap shells to jam up solid, otherwise reliable shotguns. It's been noted by others here on CGN, but I myself, have never been the victim of this.
Usually, a trip to the gunsmith for chamber polishing alleviated this flaw.

Cheers........
 
Brutus said:
Interesting that you mention this. I own several M37/87 Ithacas that pretty much work flawlessly.
However during sometime in the 1980s or so, the tooling became old and worn out to a degree that some chambers were pretty rough from the brand new, factory product. These rough chambers were excellent partners with the steel cased cheap shells to jam up solid, otherwise reliable shotguns. It's been noted by others here on CGN, but I myself, have never been the victim of this.
Usually, a trip to the gunsmith for chamber polishing alleviated this flaw.

Cheers........
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Did I miss something? I thought the OP was asking about a Remington 870.
 
When you re-assemble it, make sure that the barrel is properly indexed and straight as you tighten the magazine cap. It doesn't take much distortion for the extractor to bind in the extractor notch in the barrel. The locking block assembly has to fit in a precise notch under the barrel hood. A misaligned barrel may be enough to make lock-up and extraction tight.

Also look for burrs in the locking bolt notch under the barrel hood and remove them.

And stay away from cheezy shotshells. People buy quality firearms, yet feed it crappy ammunition. The expectation that a quality firearm should digest everything is false with today's tight manufacturing tolerances. Your mouth can accept just about everything too, but your stomach will disagree.
 
easy said:
When you re-assemble it, make sure that the barrel is properly indexed and straight as you tighten the magazine cap. It doesn't take much distortion for the extractor to bind in the extractor notch in the barrel. The locking block assembly has to fit in a precise notch under the barrel hood. A misaligned barrel may be enough to make lock-up and extraction tight.

Also look for burrs in the locking bolt notch under the barrel hood and remove them.

And stay away from cheezy shotshells. People buy quality firearms, yet feed it crappy ammunition. The expectation that a quality firearm should digest everything is false with today's tight manufacturing tolerances. Your mouth can accept just about everything too, but your stomach will disagree.
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I haven't had any trouble with Federal ammo, just those crappy winchester ones get jammed up..
 
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