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**What Just Happened?** · 12-26-2007, 7:01 PM

**ajl2121** · 12-26-2007, 7:09 PM

Thanks for the web-site, but for some reason, the images don't load correctly on my computer. I can read the script to the right of the page, but that is about it. So, from what I see (or read, I should say), the author recommends that all you do is "spray" wd-40 down the barrel from both sides?

**What Just Happened?** · 12-26-2007, 7:35 PM

There's another page where you use a tampon, take it apart and use the cotton as a giant swab to wipe out the wd-40.

**apbrian112** · 12-26-2007, 7:55 PM

whenever i shoot my m1s90 i take it apart to clean it according to the manual which means i have to take apart my bolt and clean all the little bits. same as the trigger. but i usually just use a couple of q-tips and some clp and then slap it back together.

**Ech0Sierra** · 12-26-2007, 8:12 PM

I do the same as AJL, for some reason, the procedure to remove the bolt is an enigma to me, the way they write it in the 870 manual is like some secret code...

**mike100** · 12-26-2007, 9:54 PM

I take my 870's down about once a year to blow out the trigger group w/ compressed air and to wipe down and lube the internals. Maybe twice a year if I'm feeling froggy. I still have one that I got that has never been apart. It probably still has the assembly grease from 1980 in the back of it (I got it this year-new to me, but it was in a closet for a real long time).

**cobra198** · 12-26-2007, 11:01 PM

I always just remove the barrel use a brush then a few swabs with some hoppes/kroil after a good days shooting. Havent had it that long, so I have yet to break it down any more. Ill probably do it in another 6 months or so, depending upon how much I shoot from now until then. Dont think its necessary to completely break it apart that often though. Thats just my 2 cents though!

**Moonclip** · 12-26-2007, 11:10 PM

You can get away with this for a long time with a pump but I'd not reccomend it with a home defense gun. Clean them up, this from a guy that hates to clean guns. You will be surprised how much smoother they operate at times.

I had a single shot .22lr that would operate the bolt much smoother with a cleaning.

**Ech0Sierra** · 12-26-2007, 11:13 PM

Can anyone tell me how to strip an 870, I just know how to remove the barrel, that's it.

**1911su16b870** · 12-26-2007, 11:17 PM

On the 870 be very carefull on the inside of the receiver, because those guide channels for the pump bars are very, very sharp.

**1911su16b870** · 12-26-2007, 11:19 PM

Originally posted by Ech0Sierra

Can anyone tell me how to strip an 870, I just know how to remove the barrel, that's it.

You have to remove the two trigger group pins, drop the group out, and then the bolt should slide out forward. You can clean to your hearts content with everything apart. Watch out for sharp inners of the receiver.

**Ech0Sierra** · 12-26-2007, 11:23 PM

Thanks.

**holyhandgrenade** · 12-27-2007, 12:50 AM

Should I clean my 870 prior to its initial use? Im picking it up on Friday, and would like to shoot it sometime this weekend (if not Friday night

), but Im wondering if they come coated in grease that I should remove first, or if its ready to go out of the box.
The only gun I have any experience with is a Mosin which was coated with cosmoline, so obviously that needed to go before I shot it (which Ive never gotten around to...) but I was wondering about the 870.

From the sound of things, pumps are kinda easy care wise. I dont mind putting in the work, but I am an inherently lazy person so...