I have a Remington 870 - the police model with the short barrel and extended magazine. I bought it new in the box a couple of years ago, but its never been fired. I haven't done anything with it up til now because it has a fairly rough action.
I finally got around to cleaning it in preparation for a first trip to the range. I had some difficulty get it apart, but finally got it done. I had much more difficulty getting it back together.
The forend has become locked into the receiver, and won't move in any direction. After studying the parts diagrams I realized that I had held the forend upside down from the correct position when I inserted the action bars into the receiver.
I'm willing to take it to a local gunsmith and endure the tongue lashing that is sure to occur, but I thought I would check here first to see if anyone here has a suggestion on how to get the forend unlocked from the receiver.
It looks like one of the cutouts in one of the action bars has slipped into a machined recess at the base of the magazine tube. I haven't wanted to try brute force, as I have obviously exceeded my competency level at this point.
I finally got around to cleaning it in preparation for a first trip to the range. I had some difficulty get it apart, but finally got it done. I had much more difficulty getting it back together.
The forend has become locked into the receiver, and won't move in any direction. After studying the parts diagrams I realized that I had held the forend upside down from the correct position when I inserted the action bars into the receiver.
I'm willing to take it to a local gunsmith and endure the tongue lashing that is sure to occur, but I thought I would check here first to see if anyone here has a suggestion on how to get the forend unlocked from the receiver.
It looks like one of the cutouts in one of the action bars has slipped into a machined recess at the base of the magazine tube. I haven't wanted to try brute force, as I have obviously exceeded my competency level at this point.