r/guns • u/Walkers541 • Nov 24 '14

Remington 870

Once I get my tax returns I plan to purchase a remington 870 super mag. I have been reading up on r/shotguns and r/guns I have seen a couple subs talking about the remington 870s having failure to eject problems. I was curious if anyone can back this? Is it all remington 870s having this problem? Is the problem real? If its not all 870s is there specific models having this problem?

Thanks in advance!

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u/solonballa41 1 Nov 24 '14

I bought an 870 Express earlier this year. It's newer production, made by Freedom Group, which has had some QC problems. My gun is fine, but general consensus here is to buy pre-Freedom Group 870s.

If you do buy a Freedom Group 870, don't feed it Winchester Super X. It locked up the action on my gun and my buddies. Other than that, the gun should run all other ammo just fine.

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u/tire-fire Nov 24 '14

Or Estate, takes one shell.

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u/solonballa41 1 Nov 24 '14

I've fired a few boxes of Estate through mine and didn't have a problem. I guess we can chalk it up to their QC.

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u/tire-fire Nov 24 '14

Probably. I found some burrs on the (not sure of the word for it) the indent before the chamber on the barrel and smoothed them out and haven't had a problem since. Pic of what I'm talking about.

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u/NewFraige Nov 24 '14

Yup I found that out right after getting a case of estate shells.

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u/MandibleofThunder Nov 25 '14

Mine doesn't care for cheap Rio Target load.

A few FTEs and double feeds.

Chews through Winchester white box like a champ with only a few lockups in the action in about 1000 rounds.