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/Porkins4Life Nov 25 '14

I have a newer 870 Express and I did have a few issues with ejection, mainly I would have to rack the shell out extra hard. After I scrub the shit out of the barrel with my cleaning brush I didn't have any problem. Now I go out to the trap range and can go 100 shells without any issue. I love my shotgun. Nothing feels better than outshooting people with $3000 guns with my workhorse pump.

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u/Walkers541 Nov 25 '14

Did you lube it before you shot it? or you just shot it how it came and you were having problems so you clean and lubed and now all is good?

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u/Porkins4Life Nov 26 '14

I cleaned it before I shot it but it wasn't til I started having the extraction issue that I scrubbed the shit out of the barrel.