The New 870 Express... :/

[zombienerd]

Well,

The wife bought a new 870 Express 12ga while I was away from home. I got home, took it out of the box, went to rack the slide, and it opened fine, then wouldn't close... The ejector piece had broken in the middle!!

Brand new.

Brought it back to the shop we bought it from, and they're having to send it back to Remington... The ejector was riveted in, and it's under warranty, so they didn't want to mess with it at the shop.

Is this common nowadays? I've never heard too many bad things about these guns.

 

[Gunfighter123]

Rem. made hunderds of thousands of 870s ---- i've never heard of that occureing before -- sorry to hear of your SG breaking --- I have always heard good things about their warranties so I am sure they will repair it well.

 

[abuelo]

I currently own 3 870's, my son owns several, my duaghter owns one as well. Some have been shot more than others, some older than others, but not a one has ever had any breakage of any kind. Remington should take care of it.

 

[Virginian]

Actually, they have made going on 10 MILLION 870s. To say it is a proven design is somewhat of an understatement. Quality these days is not what it was in a lot of areas. A friend is the service manager at a GM dealership. They got in a new Corvette, that would barely get off the truck. The answer - no piston rings. I have had shotgun shells with no powder. I took a brand new Smith 686 out of the case and it locked up when I tried to cock it. I guess they've calculated it's cheaper to fix mistakes than it is to make sure you don't make any. Oh, and lest I forget, I recently saw a new Benelli go flying across the cornfield followed closely by a fandamntastic string of cusswords. Two hunts later it did the same thing, and the entire ancestry and history of the Italian people was called into question too. I have to admit, deep down, and evil part of me enjoyed it.

 

[zombienerd]

I'm not really mad, !@#% happens, that's for sure.. I'm glad to see this is probably a one of a kind defect too

I am kinda sad that I won't get to fire it for the first time at the range this weekend, though

It "appears" that the end of the piece that is closest to the butt wasn't seated, and when the slide was closed, it bent the piece towards the front and it snapped off. It broke right in the middle, I wish now that I had taken pictures :/

I also doubt I'll see it back for a few weeks, with all the run on guns recently, something tells me the service departments will also be overworked.

 

[shiftyer1]

The first shotgun I owned was an 870 express. I fell in love, sold it when times got hard and years later after I got bit by the gun bug again I went searching for another. I have noo complaints about them. Sorry you got a lemon, I hope your opinion changes after they fix it.

 

[MAX100]

It sounds like the ejector was brittle from over heat treating.

Defects happen with all firearms brands. I received a Marlin 1894 Cowboy rifle two weeks ago and I always inspect new guns for defects. I push the loading gate in a few times and the loading gate spring screw snapped and the gate fell into the receiver. Probably a brittle part from heat treating. I returned it to the distributor and they exchanged it.

Remington is having QC problems and I have read and been told by customers, that Marlin is also. It is not looking good for Cerberus, the Remington group, I like to call them.


GC

 

[sbarkowski]

My first shotgun was an 870 synthetic. Loved that thing, shot it as much and as often I could afford to. But its little decfects such as constant jamming, forearm rubbing on the barrel, flimbsy stock and rusting issues made me give it up for a benelli. I searched for reasons to keep it. Tried polishing the chamber and so on but in the end I figured I'd cut my losses and sell it before I tinkered with it too much. Ill get another one someday but it will be a wingmaster or the XCS provided the price comes down. Don't give up on the 870. Its a great gun, it just seems the newer ones are lacking the quality control.

 

[Fred Fuller]

I've never seen a broken ejector on an 870. I have a couple of spares and the rivets and punches to install them in the toolbox, just in case, but I've never seen one break or talked to anyone who had one break in a gun before, FWIW.

I'd buy used, myself, but that comes from someone who in nigh 40 years of shooting 870s has yet to buy a new one.

lpl