MacShooter12Ga
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There's a thread on here back from 2016 "870 difficult to load due to stiff mag spring?"
and the comments are now closed hence the reason I'm starting a new thread.. ANYWAY I stumbled upon the thread simply because I noticed my 870 Express 6+1 is stiff as hell to load and I was actually searching to see if there indeed was a spring with less tension for this gun. So I got to thinking and for sh*ts & giggles I took the spring out of my Akkar Churchill 612 and put it in the 870.. I know it's blasphemous but what a super smooth load with the spring from the 612.. it's about 6" shorter, a bit wider but it feels like I'm loading my Maverick 88. The spring fits firmly into the follower & the shells cycle beautifully. Let me know what you guys think.
-MacShooter
and the comments are now closed hence the reason I'm starting a new thread.. ANYWAY I stumbled upon the thread simply because I noticed my 870 Express 6+1 is stiff as hell to load and I was actually searching to see if there indeed was a spring with less tension for this gun. So I got to thinking and for sh*ts & giggles I took the spring out of my Akkar Churchill 612 and put it in the 870.. I know it's blasphemous but what a super smooth load with the spring from the 612.. it's about 6" shorter, a bit wider but it feels like I'm loading my Maverick 88. The spring fits firmly into the follower & the shells cycle beautifully. Let me know what you guys think.
-MacShooter