Rob62
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I'm stymied. I've tried everything I can think of. I've sanded, stoned and polished just about every internal moving part of my older Remington 870 and the action is still not as smooth or slick as my much newer and less shot 870 express.
I've inspected the insides and looked for burrs or nicks that might slow down the action from being worked. There was a burr, actually more of a nick, on an internal action bar rail. I removed the burr and smoothed the area out.
The gun started life as a smooth barreled Wingmaster, SN 5225##V, that has been through Scattergun Technologies, aka Wilson Combat "Remington Steal" upgrade/refinish. After many other upgrades such as ghost ring sights and a Surefire 618 forend light, the gun now resides in my safe as an all purpose "social shotgun".
There's probably been thousands of rounds through this gun in its life before I acquired it. I've put about 500 or so through it.
Thoughts or suggestions on how to smooth out the action are welcome.
Rob
I've inspected the insides and looked for burrs or nicks that might slow down the action from being worked. There was a burr, actually more of a nick, on an internal action bar rail. I removed the burr and smoothed the area out.
The gun started life as a smooth barreled Wingmaster, SN 5225##V, that has been through Scattergun Technologies, aka Wilson Combat "Remington Steal" upgrade/refinish. After many other upgrades such as ghost ring sights and a Surefire 618 forend light, the gun now resides in my safe as an all purpose "social shotgun".
There's probably been thousands of rounds through this gun in its life before I acquired it. I've put about 500 or so through it.
Thoughts or suggestions on how to smooth out the action are welcome.
Rob