I was shooting my new 11-87 yesterday, when the intercepter pin that holds the arm in place came off...I now have a single shot 11-87 till after deer season then I'll send it in. Has anyone else had this problem, and what should I expec from Remington's CS? Thanks...
11-87 intercepter pin
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You might elaborate on your problem, Not sure what an intercepter pin is, and have been shooting my 11-87 for 25 years. And what is the arm, the forestock?
Virginian
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If you are talking about the pin that holds the latch, and it came out of the receiver, clean all the oil off everything, make sure the hole is clean, and stick it back in with a little RED Loctite. Make sure you get it all the way seated.
The part numbers in the book for the "arm" and "clip" are 55 and 53... The "interceptor latch" I'm assuming holds the next round from entering the chamber before the spent one is extracted. The pin that is broke off is/ was like spot welded I think, there is no "seating" to it, as it is flush. What happens when you shoot it is it allows the next round or 2 to try getting into the chamber and jams. Best I can describe the issue...
I believe that the part you describe is actually staked in place, guess I am fortunate, I have well over 15,000 rounds through my old 11-87.
Red Cent
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Man, I guess my two 1187s never read the articles. Have no idea of the parts. I need a picture.
Virginian
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Go to www.remington.com and download an owner's manual - complete with exploded diagram.
45crittergitter
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I had an 11-87 SP that broke the bolt link halfway through its first box of shells, and Remington wouldn't even send me the $10 link. I doubt the ink was even dry on the gun invoice. So, no more Remington autos for me.
simmonsguns
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Yea it's the interceptor latch pin and there silver soldered in place. if it's not the action spring tubes breaking loose it's thoes damm latch pins breaking loose. brownell's lists them but you need to get it silver soldered in the reciever nothing else will hold up to the use and function of the latch. brownell's also sells a tool to hold the pin in place to do the soldering it happenes so much. not a big deal with the correct tools, you don't need someone else to hold anything but soft solder or loc-tite won't work.
Virginian
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I have to take slight exception to the statement that "Loctite won't work". It may not hold up forever, but one I put back 32 years ago with Red Loctite is still doing fine.
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I had a problem today with my 11-87 too. I has fired it once, a bird got up, but nothing happened when I pulled the trigger. Too late I discovered it failed to cycle after the last shot. I worked the action, it did not pick up the next round. I did it again, then it worked and worked fine on the next shot. I took it apart, cleaned it and did not notice anything wrong, broken or missing. It was cold, a little below freezing but not too bad. Maybe it was just alittle gummed up, I dunno. Any thoughts?
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Clean it, lube lightly. Excess lube plus crud = grunge.
Very cold conditions can contribute to jams.
Very cold conditions can contribute to jams.
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OK. I cleaned it as you said, but I'm not confident in it. I read elsewhere that the action spring in the stock could be mess up and need cleaning. I will take it apart again and clean that as well as the firing pin and its channel. It's the end of season and game is scarce. I'll dig out a backup I know works for the next couple days.
simmonsguns
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If the broken latch pin is one of the spot welded ones than i could see where red loc-tite would hold it in, the area is rough and when the spot weld breaks that would give a tooth to hold on to. when the silver soldered ones break loose they are mostly smothe because the solder job is bad and the locating dimple if full of silver solder. i have not seen a spot welded one in here for years and years for a broken interseptor latch pin.
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