Has the Remington 870 Reputation for reliability been ruined in this decade???

[Leadhead]

I heard about that with the pre-filled exchange 20lb propane tanks as well.....someone decided that 15 lbs of propane was enough in order to hold the price while propane got more expensive.

 

[oneounceload]

because I despise tang safeties

All my shotguns have tang safeties, all are manually operated, and I can't remember the last time I ever used one.........

 

[Howaido]

I got the last good 870 Express, and you can't have it.

 

[JohnBT]

I thought I bought the last good Express in 1993.

Oh wait a minute, the stock finish was stuck to the styrofoam box liner in two places, one of them about and inch by 1.5". The finish came off with the chunks of styrofoam.

I called to see if they'd send me a little bottle of touchup finish or something and Remington wanted me to send the entire gun back a week before duck season opened. I just rubbed some shoe polish on it until it looked about right.

I liked the gun a lot better after I replaced the sorry-cheap-piece-of-hard-plastic-lined-junk-for-a-pad that came on it with a Decelerator pad.

John

 

[chuckusaret]

Based on stories on THR it seems to me that every gun has seen it's share of problems. When the Saiga came out everyone raved about them. I bought a Saiga 12 and it quickly got the name of "Sad Saiga" at my local outdoor range. You name a failed to fire/failed to feed/failed to eject problem this gun had it. I swapped it + tons of cash for a Benelli M4 and it too has problems. Moral of the story, Remington or Mossberg, reliable and cheap, and remain my weapons of choice.

 

[greyeyezz]

Quality control in general is becoming a thing of the past in the last ten years, and unfortunately will get worse. The sign that hangs in the shop now seems to be 'Cut costs and slap it out the door'. My 12yr old Express has been flawless in hundreds and hundreds of rounds.

 

[rs999]

I just got a nickel finish marine magnum. Fired it a bunch of times out at Clark Brothers straight from the cardboard box without cleaning, lubing, or disassembling it first. No problems firing 2 or 3" shells from it at all.

 

[Matrix187]

I recently bought a Pardner Protector 12 Gauge. I would have bought an 870, but due to the bad reputation nowadays I didn't bother. The pardner has been 100% so far with different types of cartridges. I realize the older 870's are great, but I didn't want to bother looking for one.