Anyone here ever break a Remington 870 extrator?

[orangeninja]

I was looking into tricking out another Remi-Express 870 when a friend of mine kept mentioning his Mossberg 590 (which is a fine shotgun). But the key difference was the Mossy had an easily replacable extractor. Now, I own two 870s and have fired 870s extensively professionally and personally and never had a broken extractor (the Remington's is riveted in). Has anyone here ever broken one?

 

[Fred Fuller]

Not yet, but I've only been shooting them about 40 years.

The extractor on the 870 is as easy to replace as on the Mossberg - are you sure he didn't say ejector?

 

[LeonCarr]

I have been shooting them personally and professionally since 1988 and I have never seen one broken, either the forged extractor or the MIM extractor.

Several of the range guns we shot during qualifications were purchased between 1973 and 1977 and each had over 100,000 rounds of buckshot and slugs through them and were running on the original extractors.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[Gunnerboy]

I broke a ejector once..... yeah hit something hard enough it shocked the rivet loose and cracked the stock..:banghead: but as for extractors never seen one broke yet.

 

[Grunt]

I've never broke either an extractor or ejector. However, I have had to restake some shell latches in my day! Some of the old 870s we had in the armory before we turned them in for new 870 MCS models were quite old and were maybe 1 or 2 restaking jobs away from having to be sent back to depot as completely unserviceable. They had been restaked so many times that the metal available on the receiver for future restaking jobs was getting pretty sparse!

 

[orangeninja]

Dang it...yes I meant ejector NOT extractor. Sorry for the confusion. Yes, has anyone see a broken EJECTOR. :banghead:

 

[rule303]

I have seen a few broken ejectors. No broken extractors, but I have seen a few that were rounded off enough to slip over a stubborn shell stuck in the chamber.

 

[LeonCarr]

The only time I have seen a broken ejector was when the shotgun had been refinished, specifically hot blued, and they had to re-rivet the ejector in and did not use a new rivet . It had to go back to the factory.

From what I understand a new rivet must be used, it is a "two stage rivet" and the job has to be done exactly right with the right tool or you will have problems down the road.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[Virginian]

You do not need to replace the rivets to replace an ejector spring on a Remington, or to change from a 2-3/4" to a 3" ejector spring. Thereby avoiding the refinish to get everything to match.
You can gently pry the old ejector spring off the river, grind the step on the ejector lip back 1/4" if you want to go to 3", and then re-install the spring on the rivet and re-expand it. As an alternative you can drill and tap the rivet and use a small machine screw. I have done several, and one I did back in the early '80s is still going strong.
I Superglued a shell latch on an 1100 several years ago as a temporary measure. Now I don't remember which one it was. I will never "stake" again. The only thing the staking is for is to aid in reassembly anyway. When it's all together the shell latches can't move.

 

[gamestalker]

Like wise, I've only got a few decades of ownership, and only several hundred thousand rounds through them. At last count I think I have about 12 of them and the only break I've ever encountered was a couple of beads I managed to snap off. I have replaced a couple of ejectors for friends over the years though.

All joking aside, the process and cost of replacing one is barely even an inconvenience.

GS

 

[Fred Fuller]

I've seen one broken ejector spring on a 12 ga. 870, the owner cleaned it without taking the barrel off, rammed a wad of patch material into the action and pulled off the ejector spring yanking it out.

 

[mjsdwash]

from what ive heard, the ejector only breaks if your rough putting the barrel on, and will not brake from use. My 870 did come from the factory with a inoperable extractor btw.

 

[btg3]

Within the past year, someone posted photos on THR of an 870 with a broken/missing ejector. As I recall, he was wasn't sure why the shells would jam when cycling the action.