I am a new member to this great forum with a question about the old Remington Sportsman shotguns. A member of our skeet club brought in a 20 gauge Remington Shotgun with the words “The Sportsman” stamped on the bolt. It is a well used shotgun (but does not appear abused) with a polychoke at the end of the barrel. He came to me because I am pretty good at repairing the Remington Models 870 and 1100 type shotguns. I have never worked on a Remington Sportsman shotgun, hence my post to members of this forum.
The problem is the trigger will not operate. The shotgun appears to function fine in every other manner except shoot (because the trigger will not pull or move in any direction). I know from my preliminary research that this shotgun is basically a Remington Model 11 – but that does not help me diagnose the problem. My initial thoughts are this shotgun has been disassembled and then re-assembled incorrectly. However, I have never been inside a Sportsman shotgun and thought I would ask if anyone else has experienced this problem.
All thoughts and assistance will be appreciated.
Thanks!
The problem is the trigger will not operate. The shotgun appears to function fine in every other manner except shoot (because the trigger will not pull or move in any direction). I know from my preliminary research that this shotgun is basically a Remington Model 11 – but that does not help me diagnose the problem. My initial thoughts are this shotgun has been disassembled and then re-assembled incorrectly. However, I have never been inside a Sportsman shotgun and thought I would ask if anyone else has experienced this problem.
All thoughts and assistance will be appreciated.
Thanks!