kBob
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Well I already went to Gunsmithing but thought I might get more traffic here and maybe someone has seen this so he goes the copy function...
So a bud asked me to look at a Remington 870 Express magnum he had issues with six years ago and tossed in a closet after trying to fix it himself.
It was "broke"
yep he tried to put it together via Brute Force and Ignorance and the bolt was locked back and not really connected to the carrier or slide rails.
Eventually I got it down to basic tear down and pulled the bolt aside to look at.
There was no extractor. The extractor plunger seems to have compressed the spring and then rusted or otherwise stuck in the depressed position.
I have a new spring, pin , and plunger, but not being able to get the old spring and plunger to budge they are useless.
Currently I have reassembled the gun with the missing extractor and had sprayed ballistoil around the stuck plunger and let it sit so the Ballistoil flows down hill. On occassion I work the action vigerously in the hopes that inertia my help loosen the plunger and spring.
I have considered heating the part a bit in case it is some sort of ancient enamel build up from some petroleum lube but fear ruining temper on the bolt.
Any advice would be welcome
Yes the whole gun was dry as a bone in the Gobi when I got it....that is why I had the Ballistoil out in the first place.
-kBob
So a bud asked me to look at a Remington 870 Express magnum he had issues with six years ago and tossed in a closet after trying to fix it himself.
It was "broke"
yep he tried to put it together via Brute Force and Ignorance and the bolt was locked back and not really connected to the carrier or slide rails.
Eventually I got it down to basic tear down and pulled the bolt aside to look at.
There was no extractor. The extractor plunger seems to have compressed the spring and then rusted or otherwise stuck in the depressed position.
I have a new spring, pin , and plunger, but not being able to get the old spring and plunger to budge they are useless.
Currently I have reassembled the gun with the missing extractor and had sprayed ballistoil around the stuck plunger and let it sit so the Ballistoil flows down hill. On occassion I work the action vigerously in the hopes that inertia my help loosen the plunger and spring.
I have considered heating the part a bit in case it is some sort of ancient enamel build up from some petroleum lube but fear ruining temper on the bolt.
Any advice would be welcome
Yes the whole gun was dry as a bone in the Gobi when I got it....that is why I had the Ballistoil out in the first place.
-kBob