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what tha Heck??
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:59 pm
by Greg C
I took my old 870 super mag hunting today since it was raining so much. I have not shot it this year.. pull the trigger and pumped.
IT SMOoTH FELL SMOOTH APART
good thing I had my son's back up 20 guage
this ever happen to anyone
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:21 pm
by quack fiend
did you not tighten the magazine cap?
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:31 pm
by Greg C
not sure but i think it was tight. i carried the gun on my shoulder for a while before we started to hunt.
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:07 pm
by Agua
No, can't say I've ever had that happen to me, nor heard of it. What pieces fell?
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:16 pm
by Greg C
it all came apart. i don't know the name of the parts. but heck the firing pin thingy even came out.
the forarm came apart from the gun, the glider that the pump slides down the forearm came apart, then the firing pen part fell out.
it was a big ol mess
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:19 pm
by Agua
Holy cow. Got anybody that might have thought they were pulling a joke on your or something? That sounds like too many unconnected, unrelated things to just happen. Weird.
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:25 pm
by Greg C
i am going to kick my 9 year olds tail if he did this to me
he and I were the only ones hunting this afternoon.
i was really shocked this gun just flat came apart
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:16 pm
by chevy01234
I broke the forearm assembly on an 870 super mag a few years ago. Sheared the screw cap pretty bad. I bought a nova and that broken 870 is still sitting in the closet. Cheap fix but I shoot the nova better
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:11 pm
by sx3
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:39 pm
by sunnylab
happed to me also...bout 5 or 6 yrs ago. brand new gun.
they are hunks of junk if you ask me.
what
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:19 am
by SFDdelta1
i have shot the same one since i was 12. it works rain sleet or snow.
well unless you drop in the water when its around 10 or so then it freezes solid when you pull it out of the water.
i have never had mine come apart like that.
sounds like someone got you good
we usaly just unload your shotgun
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:58 pm
by Greg C
the bad thing is i have not used this gun in two years. this weekend was the first hunt this year and last year i did not hunt with it at all. i been using my other piece of crap, browing gold!!!
now i got two backups that are grap cuz i don't like my gold either.
gona start pointing some fangers and see who cracks
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:03 pm
by deltadukman
I am gonna go out on a limb here and say that if you destroy a Browning Gold
AND a Remington 870 then you don't know how to take care of your stuff.
Just my opinion...take it how you want it.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:29 pm
by MALLARDBUSTER
It's obvious you didn't have the cap on tightly,that's the only way that would've happened.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:31 pm
by MALLARDBUSTER
sunnylab wrote:happed to me also...bout 5 or 6 yrs ago. brand new gun.
they are hunks of junk if you ask me.
Brand new gun?you obviously didn't know how to put it together either.
They're ain't many on here gonna side with you on that statement.