In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Remington 870 Youth question..

LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
A friend got his kid a Remington 870 Youth 20 gauge for Christmas.

Anyway to loosen the action up? The thing feels like you are rubbing two pieces of 60 grit sandpaper together when you work it.

Would hate to tear into it with sandpaper and steel wool with it being a new gun and all. Should he take it back and try another?

Youngest daughter has had one for a few years and the action on it worked as smooth as an old vintage 70's Wingmaster right out of the box.
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,449 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    look for any places on the bolt/action that is showing early wear of the blueing, may try good internal cleaning, followed by blowing it out with compressed air. only other alternative is to set in front of the tv one evening and work the action till your arm hurts.[;)] if the place he bought it will let him trade it, by all means try another, I just don't think they will seeing as it has allready been transfered.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A good cleaning and lots of use.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wipe the slide bars down and put a little oil on them.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    Wipe the slide bars down and put a little oil on them.


    I concur. Grease them up and you should be fine. I have the exact same gun, that I bought for Chris, when he was 10. It has a camo stock on it. Thanks for reminding me, as I loaned it to a friend about four years ago and never got it back. I need to go make a call right now.[;)]
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just called my friend Dave. He is giving me back Chris's gun tomorrow.[:D]
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bought one for my son about a year ago. But I did my usual take apart, clean and oil routine. Works pretty good and he likes shooting it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I did take it apart, cleaned and lubed it with my go to Freehub grease (bike bearing grease) as I do all of my firearms where I have moving metal to metal contact.

    He is going to take it back to Cabelas for an exchange (if possible) since it has not been fired.

    If the next one feels the same way. He wants me to do the steel wool sandpaper operation on it. He does not care if some of the parts come back looking as if it has 10 years of wear. He just wants it to work as smooth as RyNell's.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One should look at the firearm carefully before they purchase it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    One should look at the firearm carefully before they purchase it.


    I agree. But this guy does not have a lot of experience with firearms. I took his kid hunting a few times last Fall and he used Ry's 870. The Dad shot hers a couple of times and got his son one for Christmas. When it did not feel right he brought it to me to look at.

    Personally I would have never left the store with it. It's that bad.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    One should look at the firearm carefully before they purchase it.


    I agree. But this guy does not have a lot of experience with firearms. I took his kid hunting a few times last Fall and he used Ry's 870. The Dad shot hers a couple of times and got his son one for Christmas. When it did not feel right he brought it to me to look at.

    Personally I would have never left the store with it. It's that bad.




    If it's that bad he may want to call Remington before even breaking it down for cleaning
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,193 ******
    edited November -1
    http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=664518

    http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=664520
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    One should look at the firearm carefully before they purchase it.


    I agree. But this guy does not have a lot of experience with firearms. I took his kid hunting a few times last Fall and he used Ry's 870. The Dad shot hers a couple of times and got his son one for Christmas. When it did not feel right he brought it to me to look at.

    Personally I would have never left the store with it. It's that bad.




    At least he had the sense that it didn't feel right and something should be looked at. That's unfortunately, better then many people would have done.

    Jon
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another thought would be to pull the forearm off and make sure that there's not a bunch of crap between the inside of the forearm and the magazine tube.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love a good model 870 and in fact there is a 870 Police Magnum loaded with Federal 00 buckshot beside me as I type this. Having said that Remington has had quality control issues with the gun latly and I recall returning two guns recently cause they were so poorly fitted. You would think that after producing the damn gun for 65 years they would know how to do it. It's just a stupid pump gun.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.