Remington 870 ejecting live rounds along with empties

[Dave Markowitz]

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.

 

[dprice3844444]

could be worn shell latches
http://www.remington.com/pages/support/repair-services.aspx send it to a remington repair station for a full service.lists provided.they will know what to look for and have the parts available for service.as old as it is,it's about time for a service

 

[Fred Fuller]

Worn/broken shell latches, worn action bar notches or perhaps a tired/dirty/fouled carrier dog spring sound like likely candidates to me. Fastest/easiest/cheapest first thing to do is pull the trigger plate assembly, give it a good soak in hot water from the tap) with a good de-greasing dish soap (Dawn), then rinse with more hot tap water, blow it out with canned air or a low pressure air compressor, re-lubricate appropriately and re-install. If that fixes it you're good, if not it might take replacing the carrier dog spring, if in fact that's the problem.

Inspecting the shell latches for wear or breakage is easy when the trigger plate assy is out. Don't run the bolt or poke around on the shell latches much with the trigger plate assy out of the gun - they are staked in but the staking may not be holding them very firmly and they are sometimes easy to pop out when the trigger plate is out of the gun.

The notches on the action bars which activate the shell latches can be inspected by pulling the bolt out (see instructions for field stripping) when the trigger plate assembly is in the receiver.

hth!

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Thanks gents. I'll give the trigger plate assembly a good cleaning and lube, and inspect the shell latches and action bar notches.

 

[Miked7762]

As dumb as this may sound at first, also check your ejector spring. It and the extractor keep the base of the new shell in the bottom of the receiver while the lifter is in the down position. If the spring is broken off or missing the new shell can bounce off the bolt face and out the ejection port.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Thanks, I'll check that, too.