Is this a Rem 870 part?

[kozak6]

I picked up a police trade 870 without a barrel recently, and when I pulled off the forend assembly, this little dingus fell out of the gun.

Is this a mangled part I need to replace, or just some piece of trash that fell into the gun? Thanks.

 

[g.willikers]

It doesn't look like a gun part, but mushed up like that, it's hard to tell.
Best bet is to straighten it out and see if it looks like any part in the schematic.
http://www.brownells.com/schematics/Remington-/870-Express-sid2.aspx

 

[jaguarxk120]

Looking at that small piece of twisted metal, it looks like a piece of expanded metal screening, is it steel or aluminum?

Might be something left over from a gun fight, maybe when the LE took down a drug house!!

 

[Virginian]

I can attest that there has never been anything remotely like that in any of my seven 870s.

 

[SARuger]

^ I'm with the other Virginian on here, never saw that in any of mine

 

[kozak6]

I untwisted it and I think it's probably just a piece of expanded aluminum screen, like jaguarxk120 said.

The gun was also full of what appeared to be beads of silica gel.

Thanks guys.