I know Remington went the way of the Dodo but my understanding is that the company has been broken up / sold off and some of those parts are in operation again (think I saw new Remington branded firearms on this site recently).
Anyways does anyone know where to source new parts for Remington shotguns (Versamax specifically)? Looking for a new extractor / ejector. Mine has gotten picky recently and doesn't like certain ammo so I figure replacing these parts would rule worn out parts as the cause.
I suspect this is a worn part issue (gun seems to run fine with one specific brand of ammo but I need to test more to validate that), weird thing is that it used to run everything with zero issues but now some malfunctions are starting to creep in (I bought a heap of this ammo at one point so it is all the same ammo / same brand / same lot which used to run perfectly).
I have disassembled & extensively cleaned the gun including pistons etc (and changed the action spring) but the issues continue. The two things I keep seeing are:
1) Gun jams as the empty cartridge is still in the chamber after firing (bolt goes back but doesn't grab / extract the empty case - suggests extractor issue - very sporadic as would be the case with part wear)
2) Gun jams as the spent cartridge was extracted but doesn't get ejected and so results in a double feed type scenario when it tries to chamber the new round off the lifter (suggests ejector issue - very sporadic as would be the case with part wear).
Anyways does anyone know where to source new parts for Remington shotguns (Versamax specifically)? Looking for a new extractor / ejector. Mine has gotten picky recently and doesn't like certain ammo so I figure replacing these parts would rule worn out parts as the cause.
I suspect this is a worn part issue (gun seems to run fine with one specific brand of ammo but I need to test more to validate that), weird thing is that it used to run everything with zero issues but now some malfunctions are starting to creep in (I bought a heap of this ammo at one point so it is all the same ammo / same brand / same lot which used to run perfectly).
I have disassembled & extensively cleaned the gun including pistons etc (and changed the action spring) but the issues continue. The two things I keep seeing are:
1) Gun jams as the empty cartridge is still in the chamber after firing (bolt goes back but doesn't grab / extract the empty case - suggests extractor issue - very sporadic as would be the case with part wear)
2) Gun jams as the spent cartridge was extracted but doesn't get ejected and so results in a double feed type scenario when it tries to chamber the new round off the lifter (suggests ejector issue - very sporadic as would be the case with part wear).
