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#41 ·
What choke is the barrel marked?
Sure looks like a riot gun.
 
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This really is a mystery, who knows how and why it got here???
The barrel is stamped "cyl"
Mauserfan had mentioned in #2 response that 16 Ga & 12 Ga dimensions were the same, if so, my receiver should accommodate 12 gauge shells.
If it is a riot gun it certainly wouldn't be very effective in a heated situation!! LOL!
 
#43 · (Edited)
Cylinder choke barrel that short: it is a riot gun.
Get that port opened and it will be extremely effective at its intended task, just not great for anything else though.
 
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#44 ·
The ejection port looks roughly cut. I found a couple more pics of first year 870s and the ports are consistent and clean with perfect radii. I wonder if yours was something that wasn't supposed to go out the door, or quite possibly a lunchbox gun that was completed by hand at home.
 
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Skeetman, it's not really roughly cut like the photo would make it appear, it's missing some of the blueing from trying to install shells, if I run my fingers across it it's pretty smooth, smoother than it appears in the pic.
rkrcpa, I'll trade You receivers, you've got plenty of room in that hole.
I'm putting a call into Remington customer service, going to try to let them have a go at the repairs, I'll send it to them, explain the problem and see what plays out. Hopefully they'll be able to give me some sort of explanation??? We'll see.
 
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The more I think about it the more I realize it should go to Remington, if for no other reason they may be able to actually give me the explanation and at least they have the tooling to repair it. On my end, I'm happy to get it done, it's not like I need it for the weekend or league shooting, like claysmoke27 said, You can't use it for anything else. I'm not planning to attend any riots in the near future...???!!!
 
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Frankieboy said:
The more I think about it the more I realize it should go to Remington, if for no other reason they may be able to actually give me the explanation and at least they have the tooling to repair it. On my end, I'm happy to get it done, it's not like I need it for the weekend or league shooting, like claysmoke27 said, You can't use it for anything else. I'm not planning to attend any riots in the near future...???!!!
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Remington is no more and successor Remarms has not been of much help to those here who have asked. I hope I am wrong and that they are able to help with your gun, if it was mine I would open up the port with a dremel or have a smith do it should you know someone, best of luck whichever you chose to do.
 
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Frankieboy said:
The more I think about it the more I realize it should go to Remington, if for no other reason they may be able to actually give me the explanation and at least they have the tooling to repair it. On my end, I'm happy to get it done, it's not like I need it for the weekend or league shooting, like claysmoke27 said, You can't use it for anything else. I'm not planning to attend any riots in the near future...???!!!
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Remington is out of business. The company that made your gun is long gone. If you do not know a good gunsmith I can give you a name and number of one that has a mill that could probably open up the ejection port.
 
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noweil said:
Remington is out of business. The company that made your gun is long gone. If you do not know a good gunsmith I can give you a name and number of one that has a mill that could probably open up the ejection port.
[/THANKS NOWEIL, I'M SURE I KNOW A GOOD SMITH BUT I'LL TAKE A NAME AND NUMBER. APPRECIATE THE HELP, FROM ALL OF YOU!!
BOB
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What if anything is stamped on the RH end of the ejector? They are typically stamped with the gauge, although dunno if'd it'd apply to all of them. This may help solve the mystery if it's stamped 16 or 20, and would also make opening the port worthless without also changing the ejector and likely some other parts, if it would even be possible.

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#52 ·
Also, is there any wear on the internal components proving it's been used at some point? No guarantee the barrel is original to the gun, so if it actually is a 16ga, it's possible someone threw a 12ga barrel on and never fired it after that.

Unless it's absolutely pristine inside, someone fired something through it, and the rim dia is hasn't changed for 12ga shells, so that would mean that "something" was something other than 12ga shells.
 
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Skeet_Man said:
Also, is there any wear on the internal components proving it's been used at some point? No guarantee the barrel is original to the gun, so if it actually is a 16ga, it's possible someone threw a 12ga barrel on and never fired it after that.

Unless it's absolutely pristine inside, someone fired something through it, and the rim dia is hasn't changed for 12ga shells, so that would mean that "something" was something other than 12ga shells.
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The V suffix in the serial number that is stamped on the receiver means it should be a 2 3/4" 12 ga.
 
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Skeet_Man said:
Also, is there any wear on the internal components proving it's been used at some point? No guarantee the barrel is original to the gun, so if it actually is a 16ga, it's possible someone threw a 12ga barrel on and never fired it after that.

Unless it's absolutely pristine inside, someone fired something through it, and the rim dia is hasn't changed for 12ga shells, so that would mean that "something" was something other
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Sent you a pm with name and number.
Thank You, I'll give 'me a call.
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The barrel and receiver are serial #'s matching, I've actually fired this gun myself many years ago and I'm sure Bill fired it as well, not much but for sure He did. It seems it saw very little use. The 16 ga vs 12 ga doesn't seem to hold up as it cycles from the mag tube, accepts 12G shells, fires but can't expel the spent one, nor will it load singularly.
 
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noweil said:
The V suffix in the serial number that is stamped on the receiver means it should be a 2 3/4" 12 ga.
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operative word being should. Being a 1st year gun, there's nothing that guarantees this gun follows conventional guidelines, or that Remington put the right letters on the gun. Given this gun was made 18 years before serial numbers were required, its quite possible that Remington would have just sent it out the door.
 
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