Help Needed - Remington 870 Tactical

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I'm having a major and annoying problem.

Ammo is stuck in the magazine tube by these two outward bending clamps that press into it.

Ammo can be released with great difficulty by using my fingers and/or a flat screwdriver to press downward on the two side clamps.

I have no idea what is going on but it's a major safety issue, obviously.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Gun is in immaculate condition.
 
Is it the factory magazine tube or an aftermarket tube? If so, what brand and how many extra shells does it hold?
 
Those 'clamps' are there to hold the shells in place until they move to the lifter to be loaded. It is not a safety issue, they are working as designed and every semi auto or pump shotgun has them.

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Factory magazine tube.


No, it's a safety issue because those clamps do not let the shell out.

Not even 20 strong pumps will push it out.
 
Will do. Thanks.

I took the gun apart to clean it.

Cleaned it. Put it back together.

Went through 20-30 rounds.

Problem occurred.
 
Your terms and description are shaky at best but from what you say, you simply have the tube extension installed incorrectly.

Go to www.aiptactical.com and click on the red link How to video's and watch "tube Extension kit" and reinstal it. The spring is getting caught up in a gap at the mag tube coupling is all that is going on here based on your description.
 
Sounds to me like he's describing the shell latches (at the receiver end of the magazine tube) NOT the mag tube extension junction.
 
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I think he is talking about the shell latch.

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Part 55 & 56 on drawing at above link. (Not an endorsement, just Google)

How to check this for function:

1. Clear the gun
2. Close the action
3. Hold gun upside down and look at shell latch. (hold down shell carrier)
With gun upside down, barrel away from you:
- The latch on the ejection side will be IN, opposite will be OUT.
4. Unlock action and pull to 1/2 way point.
- Both latches will be OUT.
5. Pull action to full open.
- The latch on the ejection side will be OUT, opposite will be IN.
- Shell carrier may stay IN if you were holding it while opening the action.

If the latches are bent too far outwards they may need to be replaced. Or, if you're handy, you can tweak em with a pair of pliers.

If the latches are not moving there may be an assembly problem and/or broken parts.

Clarification: by IN, I mean flat against the side of the reciever.
OUT, means protruding into the opening.

Hope this helps!
 
AI&P Tactical said:
Your terms and description are shaky at best but from what you say, you simply have the tube extension installed incorrectly.

Go to www.aiptactical.com and click on the red link How to video's and watch "tube Extension kit" and reinstal it. The spring is getting caught up in a gap at the mag tube coupling is all that is going on here based on your description.
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I will look into this when I get home.
Thank you so much.
 
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This is the problem.

There are two of these clips.

I have to push them aside with great struggle and with my finger to release the ammo.

The shotgun is practically NIB. I am the original owner. I cleaned it and then this took place.
 
Looks like you may have bent them slightly forcing things back together after disassembly. But, if you didn't do it, it still needs to be fixed. Pumping the hell out of it isn't going to change anything. You do realize only one of these at a time is supposed to engage the base of the shell? As the fore end comes back the first one releases and the second one stops the second shell from coming out, and then as the fore end goes back forward the first one comes back into play and the second one releases the shell to sit on the first one. Either one or both shell latches and/or the action bars have an issue. In your pic, it looks like the fore end is back, and the first one is retracted as it should be, and the second one is stopping the shell. If the magazine spring is not pushing on the shells they will not feed properly, either, so make sure you have decent pressure on the shell in the tube. I think you might need to call Remington if you can't figure it out.
 
Your shell latch is definitely bent and coming out too far. If it's a new gun, don't monkey with it. Send it back to Remington for repair.

If it wasn't that way when you received it, it probably happened while trying to force the bolt back into the gun (by pulling back on the forend HARD when things weren't lined up properly) while reassembling.
 
crap. I wonder how on earth this happened and if Remington will cover it.

Quite sad.

Especially a safety concern if I needed to use the shotgun for emergency purposes and it jams... not good.
 
I agree with the above post that you might have bent it during reassembly. If you aren't careful when replacing the bolt after reassembly and give it a hard pump trying to force it back together it's entirely possible that you bent the shell catch. Good news is I think you can replace them without much issue.

Do the shell catches (not sure what you call the exact part but that's what I always called them and you know what I'm talking about) depress easily when you push on them? They should offer a little resistance but should be easily pushed in with your finger. If they don't then you likely have something that fell in between them and the receiver wall keeping them from going down and that impedes your function. If you CAN push them down and they just don't clear the rim enough to let a shell onto the lifter during normal pumping than they are indeed bent out too far and they need either reshaping or replacement.

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Forgive my awful illustration but see how the catch in circle A sits just on the edge of the rim and the one in circle B is bent toward the shell a little more? Those have to get completely out of the way of that rim to let a shell on the lifter and they don't have much wiggle room when it comes to how far they can move. Even if it's bent just a little bit like in circle B it might not get completely out of the way like the catches on the left side are. You might be able to bend it back yourself but if the gun is brand new, send it back to Remington. Make their QC work for you.
 
Unlikely that you bent a tempered Spring steel shell latch. Cleaning behind it may resove the issue or simply tap it back in the track as the edge can be catching. Blasting behind it with a can of brake cleaner or gun blast may be the fix. And yes, once out of the track they can catch and simply tapping them back in is the fix.
 
Unlikely that you bent a tempered Spring steel shell latch.
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It happens quite often when people try to force the bolt back past the latches and into the receiver using the forend, but usually over the entire length of the latch, rather than just at the working end as illustrated above.
 
Not understanding the explaination. The Breech bolt is forced back by the forend tube assembly, also the breech bolt is above the shell latches and has nothing to do with their operation. The timing cuts on the action bars operate the shell latches. Also, having never seen a shell latch bent I don't understand how it happens quite often as stated.

If the OP trys both the fixes I suggest and the issue is not resloved then there is damage, however, a shell latch not in the track in the receiver does not mean damage if it gets tapped back in and stays there and it should stay there.
 
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