Rem 870 TakeDown

[Werewolf]

I've recently acquired a new Rem 870 Tactical Magnum with tube extension.

I imagine in order to take the thing down for cleaning that the tube extension must come off? Is that correct? The manual is for a standard 870 and it says to remove the magazine cap. Of course there is no mag cap just the tube extension and coupler.

I removed the mag tube extension bracket per the disassembly instructions but when trying to unscrew the tube it flat will not move and I will not force it (bad to force things I've learned over the years). Does it have reverse threads or does it just come from the factory really tight?

Any suggestions? Tips? Comments? Instructions? I'd like to take it out for a range session but not until I've taken it down for cleaning and lub since it is a new gun.

 

[SigfanUSAF]

Yes the extension must come off, be sure to remove the clamp first. Watch out because the mag spring will launch if you aren't carefull. Sometimes they are tight, there are special pliers for just that problem. However, simply putting some heavy masking tape in the jaws of some small channel locks would suffice.

 

[Werewolf]

Remove the CLAMP?!?!? Yeah I did that.

Thanks for the info; mucho appreciated. Was hoping the tube was just in tight and had normal threads. Thought about channel locks but didn't try that without finding out about the threads being normal direction first.

 

[rkh]

Remington apparently employs a team of trained gorillas to torque down the adapter that the extension screws into.

You may have difficulty removing it from a new shotgun. If you encounter problems, get yourself a good belt wrench, or a piece of leather and a pipe wrench. The threads aren't reversed.

 

[sm]

Take-down?
Clean??

Oh, this must be what are some are planning on doing in May to a NIB 870 that was bought in May of 2006 and best figured has only been shot 30,000 rds to date.
Never taken down, not cleaned, - Just shot.

Maybe I will be around to see what all this is about...then again maybe not....

 

[Werewolf]

Oh, this must be what are some are planning on doing in May to a NIB 870 that was bought in May of 2006 and best figured has only been shot 30,000 rds to date.
Never taken down, not cleaned, - Just shot.

So yur sayin' that doin' anthing to the 870 besides just shootin' it is a waste of time?

As big a pain as it is to take it apart to clean I could deal with just running a patch or two thru the barrel on occassion?

Not being a shotgun guy (last time I handled a pump was about 40 years ago dove huntin' with my dad) except for Cowboy action shooting (SXS is a piece of cake) I know next to nothing about how often one should be field stripped, cleaned and lubed.

I'm sure that there's a variety of opinions. I know some of my ingrained cleaning habits instilled by my father and a number of very serious Army DI's have been seriously modified over the years.

Comments?

 

[sm]

So yur sayin' that doin' anthing to the 870 besides just shootin' it is a waste of time?

Nope.

Just busting an Internet Myth(s) that a bone stock 870 Express will not run, one has to use special cleaning products, and such.

Inspect & Maintain is my preference. Get to know the gun, and what that particular gun's "schedule" is.

I focus on chambers, extraction, and if screw in chokes, making sure finger snug and something like RIG+P , STOS , is applied to threads, hinge pins of break open guns.

Oh sure, wiping externally is done. Then again I /we prep a gun when new, and at certain intervals re-do. Common sense tells us to take care of gun that gets exposed to rain, sleet, snow, mud...

Just this gun was bought new and it was decided it would bust some Myths is all.


Unwritten rule: Never shoot a competition with a clean gun.
So I/we never did.
Serious use guns are dirty too.

I/We have seen too many folks clean the night before / or morning of competition and mess up getting back together, or other mistakes.

Serious $$$ on the line, we always obliged someone a cleaning kit.

Skeet for instance - one just went out shot 100/100, then waited for the real competition - the shoot-offs.

We always liked it when folks said they cleaned guns the night before, really liked it when a person cleaned just that morning...

Drop birds on the first doubles on station 1 and - one less person to worry about later.

Forget the 'O' ring, gas system ring flipped wrong, on a semi...
Messing with insides of a O/U and goof up re-set , safety...

Dirty guns and lots of times I shot guns with no safety [removed on purpose], no beads on guns either.

Gets real serious with Live Pigeon Shoots. $1000 and up just to enter/ walk out onto the field and the pigeon has to be dropped with-in a circle.

Watched a fella that was "still in" mess with his gun, goofed it up in doing so.
First shot fired, and the second one would not from his O/U and that pigeon flew out of the circle.

Pot was $25,000, and this was when a new Chevy sold for $5,000.

Remington 3200, that had not been cleaned in 200 rounds took the $35,000 cash.

Some things stick with a fella.

 

[Run&Shoot]

If your 870 is difficult to take down then you are doing something wrong.

Basic disassembly instructions here:
http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/870brian.htm

The extended tube needs to have the end of barrel bracket removed, and be sure the bolt is half open. Thos two conditions should make the barrel and mag cap easy to remove.

You may want to have a gunsmith show you the proper steps if still in doubt.