remington 870 express extraction problem

[picasso]

I know several persons who have experienced the same problem. I have a standard Remington 870 and a modified one (Wilson's Standard Model).

I had extraction issues with these shells in both of my guns. Although it is useful at times to be able to employ malfunction drills with your shotgun it becomes tiresome after a while.

Yes, like the other member suggested. The proper way to clear a stuck shell is to engage the safety FIRST, then grab the shotgun on the forend with one hand firmly and hold the firearm receiver with the other and slam the shotgun butt first into the ground, preferably a hard/ smooth surface.

BE CAREFUL, with your hand holding the receiver.

Make sure that your hand is far enough down that you don't get pinched when the forend opens-up completely.

It may take a couple of whacks with these shells, but it will work.

Using a screw driver is NOT necessary.

There is nothing wrong with your gun/s. It is the shells. I too bought a few, and subsequently gave them away. I was having 3-5 shells stick in the chamber per box.

I now use only Fiocchi Target loads or Winchester AA loads in my Remington 870s with no problems.

If you must use these Winchester shells, then clean your chamber with a shotgun/ chamber brush regularly and it will lessen the problem, as was already suggested.

Winchester used to make some of the best shot shells available, now like every other company they cut corners to give us a truly "Cheap" product in every sense of the word. Remington used to produce budget loads as well with a brass case head. Although I haven't used any lately it may be a less expensive alternative for your gun/s. It would cost you the price of one box to find-out.

I am personally very pleased with the Fiocchi loads. They aren't cheap, run about $8-9 per 25 box plus tax. But I think the price is worth it (Winchester AA loads are usually $10/ 25 box). -Upside with AA many shot gunners will buy your used hulls if you don't reload.

All in all Fiocchi shells are excellent in quality, I even know some folks who use the (Fiocchi #7 1/2) target loads for bird hunting with good effect. I could recommend these for a Remington 870.

Good Luck,
SkiDevil

I'm now convinced that the culprit is the chamber because when I used the same ammo with a benelli nova, it cycled just fine. So I guess what it needs is a little bit of "break-in" to loosen up the chamber and there's no need to polish or grate it to hasten the process...I will just shoot it as often as I can.

[Go Packers!]

most of the Remington express shotguns take a little breaking in a few hundred birdshot from walmart will normally do the trick. It is a pain in the *** that you have to do this but it is also good practice in clearing a jam and shooting your gun. Mine did it off and on for about 200 rounds and has not since. This comes straight from an email I got from Remington on the issue. Best of luck.

I wish I would have done this, as it would have saved me a pretty penny. Sometimes I did practice/ break it in/ hope for no more malfunctions with target loads or bird shot, but I mostly went with the idea of practicing with the load I would use for the intended purpose of home defense. Therefore, buckshot. Lesson learned.

[okimreloaded]

Same problem with mine, I looked closely after doing the bump the butt on the ground trick and the extractor tore through the cheap rim on the ammo. Some of it fired fine, but four rounds jammed. The guy at the range had a long metal rod that he dropped down the dangerous end of my barrel and cleared the jam with. I've got 50 rounds through it, I'll finish the box and next time go with a different brand.

The 870 has 1 massive extractor, the mossberg 500 has two smaller ones. I think that shotgun would be better with this particular brand of ammo. I just like the feel of the 870 better.