Dave Markowitz
Member
This past weekend I went and shot a round of sporting clays using my 1951-vintage Remington 870 Wingmaster. Several times when I worked the action to chamber the next shell from the magazine, the live round came out of the ejection port after the empty hull. I was working the action briskly.
This happened with Winchester Super Target 12 gauge, 2-3/4" loads. I have not encountered this problem with cheap target loads from either Remington or Federal, or Federal Tactical Flite Control 00 buck, over maybe 400 to 500 rounds that I've put through the gun.
Does this sound like an ammo issue or something with the gun? If the latter, what parts need to be looked at? The shotgun was made in 1951 and is a LEO trade-in that I put a 28" barrel on for sporting use, so there's no telling how many shells have been cycled through it.
Thanks in advance.
This happened with Winchester Super Target 12 gauge, 2-3/4" loads. I have not encountered this problem with cheap target loads from either Remington or Federal, or Federal Tactical Flite Control 00 buck, over maybe 400 to 500 rounds that I've put through the gun.
Does this sound like an ammo issue or something with the gun? If the latter, what parts need to be looked at? The shotgun was made in 1951 and is a LEO trade-in that I put a 28" barrel on for sporting use, so there's no telling how many shells have been cycled through it.
Thanks in advance.