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  • jordan870
    Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 368

    storage question??

    when you put your shotgun away do you drie fire it to reslease the presure of the springs?
    i have a pump shot gun and didt now how to do it
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    jordan870
    Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 368

    oh ya and what does 'bump' mean

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      jordan870
      Member
      • Jun 2009
      • 368

      idk

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        unusedusername
        Veteran Member
        • Sep 2008
        • 4124

        The springs won't wear out from being opened or closed in any short period of time. During normal operation of a gun the springs will wear out when they are quickly flexed from the open to the closed position (every time you fire...).

        You don't really have to worry about that either as I don't think the springs in the fire control mechanism of a pump shotgun wear out very quickly.... There have got to be some C&R shotguns out there with tens of thousands of rounds down the pipe without spring replacements.

        The only spring that is replaced with any regularity is the one that is behind the follower in the shell-tube. My 590 is about a year old, has about 1k rounds through it and is starting to need a new spring.

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          prc77
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          • Dec 2008
          • 2578

          Originally posted by jordan870
          oh ya and what does 'bump' mean
          Bump = bumping a post to the top of the forum

          ttt = to the top
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          • #6
            M9er
            Junior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 39

            Originally posted by jordan870
            when you put your shotgun away do you drie fire it to reslease the presure of the springs?
            i have a pump shot gun and didt now how to do it
            I always dry fire my shotguns. Not really a big deal....
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            • #7
              Hayashi Killian
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2009
              • 617

              Dry-firing a pump isn't a big deal. It's a bigger deal with free-floating firing pins and semiautomatics, but still not a huge deal. I store my shotgun with the chamber open, since I currently keep it unloaded but ammo nearby for safety. Also makes it easy to prepare for transport since I don't have to worry about unloading ammo.
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                jordan870
                Member
                • Jun 2009
                • 368

                Originally posted by unusedusername
                The springs won't wear out from being opened or closed in any short period of time. During normal operation of a gun the springs will wear out when they are quickly flexed from the open to the closed position (every time you fire...).

                You don't really have to worry about that either as I don't think the springs in the fire control mechanism of a pump shotgun wear out very quickly.... There have got to be some C&R shotguns out there with tens of thousands of rounds down the pipe without spring replacements.

                The only spring that is replaced with any regularity is the one that is behind the follower in the shell-tube. My 590 is about a year old, has about 1k rounds through it and is starting to need a new spring.

                my 870 is like the same as your 590 cause its only a year old and has almost as much rounds through it.
                so what spring did you replace?

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                • #9
                  wildog8812
                  Member
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 164

                  I would say the only time you need to dry fire on a pump is when you do a function check. Just my opinion though.

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                  • #10
                    BigDogatPlay
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Jun 2007
                    • 7362

                    If the pump is your home defense weapon and you are storing it empty chamber, hammer cocked then you will have to train yourself to toggle the slide release to get the gun charged and into action. I much prefer on my HD pump to store it chamber empty, hammer uncocked, safety off. My loading sequence is start with empty magazine, ensure chamber empty, close action, pull trigger, load magazine then lock up the gun where it is stored in the house.

                    Long story short, I want to be able to retreive the gun and get it into action with a minimum of fuss.

                    Dry firing an 870 or a Mossberg once in a while, even on an empty chamber, isn't going to hurt it.
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