bamaranger
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Sounds to me like the shotgun's problem is almost certainly an ejector spring/ assembly issue. The ejector assembly is retained in the receiver by a rivet. Riveting the ejector assembly, and staking the shell stops is quicker and more affordable than threading those parts and the receiver to accept screws, reducing the cost of the 870 and speeding production. The process has worked since the introduction of the gun, but both assemblies are the Achilles Heel(s) of the design. Curious, does the assembly exhibit any wobble or play (not the spring) if you reach in the ejection port and wiggle the thing? It may not have been installed correctly at the factory.........or you simply may have a wonky spring. Stuff happens.
Aside, I wouldn't label Winchester Universal "premium ammo" but is common and affordable. I don't recognize the buckshot load......Fiocchi maybe? Steel rims and bases are notorious for causing extraction problems, I have seen entire firing lines with rem 870's tied up with failures due to cheap steel base/rim shells. I don't think ammo is the problem with your gun however.
Sounds like Remarms is trying to get this right and I hope they do. A manually cycled firearm should render 100% reliablility short of a breakage, and I would be agitated myself with a new pump that did not run. Best of luck with it.
Sounds to me like the shotgun's problem is almost certainly an ejector spring/ assembly issue. The ejector assembly is retained in the receiver by a rivet. Riveting the ejector assembly, and staking the shell stops is quicker and more affordable than threading those parts and the receiver to accept screws, reducing the cost of the 870 and speeding production. The process has worked since the introduction of the gun, but both assemblies are the Achilles Heel(s) of the design. Curious, does the assembly exhibit any wobble or play (not the spring) if you reach in the ejection port and wiggle the thing? It may not have been installed correctly at the factory.........or you simply may have a wonky spring. Stuff happens.
Aside, I wouldn't label Winchester Universal "premium ammo" but is common and affordable. I don't recognize the buckshot load......Fiocchi maybe? Steel rims and bases are notorious for causing extraction problems, I have seen entire firing lines with rem 870's tied up with failures due to cheap steel base/rim shells. I don't think ammo is the problem with your gun however.
Sounds like Remarms is trying to get this right and I hope they do. A manually cycled firearm should render 100% reliablility short of a breakage, and I would be agitated myself with a new pump that did not run. Best of luck with it.