Need help with Remington 11-48

[Red Tornado]

I was shooting trap last night, and after 47 shots my 11-48 locked up. I appears that the front trigger plate pin worked loose and slid out to the left. This allowed the shell latch to slide back along the receiver, locking the bolt, and stopping function. Pulling the trigger group, and replacing everything took about a minute once I got off the range.

Is there a way to insure that the pin doesn't jar loose? Is there a replacement bolt made to replace the pins? I checked Numrich, but couldn't find anything.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
RT

 

[rcmodel]

Brownell's offer threaded anti-walk pins for the Remington family of shotguns.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/st...4&title=SHOTGUN ANTI-WALK TRIGGER HOUSING PIN

It would also be a simple matter to drill & tap the existing pins for round-head Allen screws if you know anyone with a lathe.

rcmodel

 

[Red Tornado]

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. That's exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks rc, maybe now I can start ending my shotgun woes.
RT

 

[kirbythegunsmith]

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The main problem whenever a Remington (or similar) trigger plate (housing) retaining pin walks is a lack of sufficient tension of the pin retaining clip. There ought to be provisions for 2 of them, anyway, for the front sleeve, so if yours aren't both present, or if the clips are not difficult to pry loose from the sleeve with a fingernail, they should be re-tensioned and/or replaced.

Who needs a bolt when the factory parts in good condition are more than sufficient to hold things in place just this side of a volcanic eruption? A dropped gun wouldn't have the pins walk out. Bolts may have a slight possibility for HD, but anything that requires tools beyond a punch will add time to any stripdown. That's why plenty of milspec guns need only a bullet point to work out most parts.

I typically re-tension clips that are the slightest bit "wiggly" as a normal part of my reworks of these and similar mechanisms.

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