Cleaning and inspection of a new gun before shooting

[AI&P Tactical]

We all know to clean and inspect a new shotgun (or any gun) before shooting it. So, what have you found in a new gun that did not belong there or what was missing that should have been there?


I will start it off with finding a piece of band-aid inside an 870. I'm just glad the finger was not still attached to it.


I received an 870 that had no firing pin retracting spring in the breech bolt so this gun was would only fire occasionally.


I could go on as having been at this for 35 years I have a lot of them but want this to be a fun Post and one that if read by a person that does not clean and inspect a new gun before firing it will think about.

 

[Virginian]

Back when I was selling guns I saw all kinds of stuff. One screw in a recoil pad. Wrong spring in the bolt on a rifle. A shotgun with 6 screw in chokes (2 of each) is the only thing I can recall with 'extras' in the box. Guns with no firing pins, no extractors, no parts on sight bases, even one with no barrel in the box. Found a watch in a box one time and sent that back with a note. No body parts or evidence of bodily harm.

 

[AI&P Tactical]

Back when I was selling guns I saw all kinds of stuff. One screw in a recoil pad. Wrong spring in the bolt on a rifle. A shotgun with 6 screw in chokes (2 of each) is the only thing I can recall with 'extras' in the box. Guns with no firing pins, no extractors, no parts on sight bases, even one with no barrel in the box. Found a watch in a box one time and sent that back with a note. No body parts or evidence of bodily harm.

Imagine someone taking these from the box to range.

 

[J.R.W.]

Imagine someone taking these from the box to range.

Imagine someone taking one of them, loading it, putting it up, and relying on it for a defensive weapon. I would never advocate it but I'd imagine it happens.

 

[rule303]

I had a new 870 Express in the shop a while back that had a solid bolt. It had no firing pin, and had never been machined for one. I wonder how the test firing at the factory passed inspection?

 

[AI&P Tactical]

I had a new 870 Express in the shop a while back that had a solid bolt. It had no firing pin, and had never been machined for one. I wonder how the test firing at the factory passed inspection?

Well, they don't test fire them. They proof test the barrel only. Good thing is that now all processes are tracked by computer so they know who exactly put that assembly together. Remington workers are Union Members and belong to the United Mine Workers Union. This new system is helping Remington track performance/job issues right to the person that is responsible and making it easier to bring discipline to a Union work and get them out of there if the issues are not resolved.