i just purchased a remington 870 police magnum...picked it up from the gunshop one week ago....brand new in box...
i have yet to fire a round from it and it is already having problems....i wanted to work the action in, so i filled the mag tube with some a-zoom snap caps and cycled it...the shell wouldn't release from the tube...hmmm...
i found the problem was that the left side shell latch wasn't releasing the round...the left action bar was engaging the shell latch correctly and was depressing it but the latch would catch on the edge of the rim...so i tried some live rounds, because i thought maybe the snap cap rim diameter was out of spec...i tried with some sellior and bellot 12g rounds and the same thing happened...tried some remington ammo, and the same thing...and not only was i having feed problems, i was also having double feed problems...
so i took the shotgun completely apart and took out the trigger assembly, bolt everything...i was left with the receiver and the shell latches...i noticed that the left side latch was loose, so i firmly pressed it back into it's space...it snapped back into place, and i was surprised that i could do it with my hands alone....the edges of the latch cutouts in the receiver were peened over to hold the actual latches in, but the left side was kind of loose...well, i reassembled everything with the latches in place and recycled the action....the first couple of runs, everything seemed to be fixed, but after a couple of more cycles, the same problems resurfaced....i dissassembled once again, and the left side latch was loose again...
either the latch cutouts in the receiver are too big and perhaps out of spec, or the shell latch itself could be out of spec...i have a marine magnum that runs perfectly and i took it apart to see if the left side latch was loose....nope, tight fit and i couldn't pry it out of the receiver with my hands alone....in the police magnum, i noticed that i could pop the latch in and pry it out of the receiver with my fingers alone...i couldn't do this with marine magnum....
i know what the problem is, but how do i fix this??? i do not have the equipment to peen metal...and why should i have to repair a brand new gun???
i am losing faith in remington....i've had 3 870s in my life and 2 have had problems....i thought the police models were supposed be extra carefully inspected...i am going to try to exchange my gun for another if possible...
any suggestions???
thank you for your time...