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[supersteve9219]

I think it can effect all newer 870's

[5150bronco]

I think it can effect all newer 870's

hmmmm., interesting. I wonder if there is a year or something related. I just bought one little bit ago so I am curious.

[eccvets]

+1 (throw it away)

I would add ... get a Mossberg 590!

+1

get a 590

[supersteve9219]

Maybe later, but I like the 870 in terms of design, its been working good for me except for this jamming problem, and thats only been recently.

[b00gym4n]

I'm having the same problem using Federals value pack. I'll try polishing and see what happens.

[jdg30]

I have 870 express with synthetic stock I bought a few years back and it has had stuck cases once in a while too. It is usually reliable but it has done that a few times. The only shells I've ever shot through it are the inexpensive bird shot shells from walmart (Federal/Winchester). I think the problem is from the cheap ammo. I've never had enough interest in this gun to really try and solve the problem.

[evidens83]

My express has jammed also. What is the appropriate size dowel I need to polish the barrel? Or do I just do the chamber?

[5150bronco]

Maybe later, but I like the 870 in terms of design, its been working good for me except for this jamming problem, and thats only been recently.

have you tried differ ammo? brass?

[supersteve9219]

have you tried differ ammo? brass?

Yea I usually take a few rounds of buckshot and some slugs with me and never had problems, I also ran about 50 rounds of winchester bulk pack without problems.

[supersteve9219]

My express has jammed also. What is the appropriate size dowel I need to polish the barrel? Or do I just do the chamber?

I just used my shotgun cleaning rod with a brush on it, then wrapped the steel wool around the brush.

[Creampuff]

I just used my shotgun cleaning rod with a brush on it, then wrapped the steel wool around the brush.

Sorry one thing I forgot to mention way earlier. If you wrap a lot of steel wool around it, and give a couple of minutes with your portable drill - your brush might be crushed by the time you are done. You might want to pick up a new brush on the way back home from the range - but this is still cheaper than buying a chamber hone from Brownell's.

Sorry about telling you this after the fact.

[supersteve9219]

Sorry one thing I forgot to mention way earlier. If you wrap a lot of steel wool around it, and give a couple of minutes with your portable drill - your brush might be crushed by the time you are done. You might want to pick up a new brush on the way back home from the range - but this is still cheaper than buying a chamber hone from Brownell's.

Sorry about telling you this after the fact.

Lol yea it was crushed, but I got a PM and somebody told me to use a old brush, so I just ended up crushing one of my old brushes. Its not like they are that expensive anyways .

[butch952]

This seems to be a common problem.I has happend to mine but only with low base shells.

[akjunkie]

I got 2 870s.

18.5 in got several hundred rounds. NO problems ever.

the 28in i had to polish several times to fix the FTEs. Works pretty smooth now.

[5150bronco]

Yea I usually take a few rounds of buckshot and some slugs with me and never had problems, I also ran about 50 rounds of winchester bulk pack without problems.

okay. so changing the ammo helped? before you were shooting steel, right? thanks bro.